Arta Dade

Arta Dade (born 15 March 1953) is an Albanian politician and former member of Parliament of Albania for the Socialist Party. She held government posts such as Minister of Culture and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Biography Dade was born in Tirana, Albania. She graduated from the University of Tirana in English Literature. In 2000, while Minister of Culture, Dade signed an agreement on cultural cooperation between Albania and Kosovo. Dade was also an advocate of resolving issues in Macedonia by political means with guaranteed minority rights.

In 2004, Dade and Ben Blushi sued the Democratic Party of Albania's Sali Berisha for libel after she was accused of corruption. The case was settled out of court.

In her last years in Parliament, Dade held the role of the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy. In 2016, she was the Chair of the Moldova Group of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

Dade retired from parliamentary politics in 2017. She has continued to be active in Albanian politics, such as giving interviews on current affairs issues and speaking at the Socialist Party's 2025 Political Academy for young members.