Holta Zaçaj

Holta Zaçaj (born 12 January 1976) is an Albanian lawyer and judge, Chairwoman of the Constitutional Court of Albania between 2023 and 2025. She served as justice of the Constitutional Court between 2023 and 2025.

Early life Zaçaj was born on 12 January 1976 in Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania. She got a degree in law from the University of Tirana in 1998 and a master's degree in titles and financial regulations from the Georgetown University (USA) in 2008 thanks to a Fulbright Program.

She began working as a lawyer in 1999 at the Peace through Justice Centre, investigating war crimes in Kosovo and subsequently worked on free legal aid projects, particularly involving minors, at the Tirana Public Prosecutor's Office and with refugees.

In an interview with El Mundo on 26 May 2025, Zaçaj acknowledged as a major achievement the constitutional reform that overhauled the Albanian judicial system to ensure the independence of the judiciary, as well as the fact that the entry of the Balkan countries into the European Union was a good opportunity for Europe to become stronger.

On 10 December 2024, she announced that she would ask the Venice Commission to interpret the duration of her term of office, since neither the Albanian Constitution nor the order by which she was appointed justice determined an exact date for the end of her term, as she was appointed with the partial mandate to finish what Tusha left unfinished when she retired, and 2025 was to be her last year. Zaçaj had stated on 12 December 2024 that her term of office would end at the end of 2025. Marsida Xhaferllari assumed as the acting chairwoman, until the election of Fiona Papajorgji on 18 December 2025.