2001_in_Albania Knowpia

Decades:	1980s; 1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s;
See also:	Other events of 2001; List of years in Albania

The following lists events that happened during 2001 in Republic of Albania.

Incumbents edit

Albania and Yugoslavia re-establish diplomatic relations broken off during the Kosovo crisis in 1999.^[1]

UN says thousands of Albanians are being poisoned by fatal toxins in their environment, urges international community to help.^[1]

Ruling Socialist Party secures second term in office by winning general elections. PM Meta names European integration and an end to energy shortages as his priorities. Meta heads a new coalition government from September.^[1]

Rift widens between Meta and his Socialist Party Chairman Fatos Nano. Nano prompts three ministers to resign and blocks the appointment of their replacements.^[1]

10 March - Fatmir Haxhiu, Albanian painter
22 August - Spiro Koleka, Albanian statesman, communist politician and a high-ranking military officer during World War II.