Petrit Vasili

Petrit Vasili is an Albanian politician. He was the chairman of Socialist Movement for Integration party and minister of health in the cabinet of Sali Berisha.

Early life Vasili was born on 4 June 1958 in Tirana. Vasili graduated from the University of Tirana in medicine and completed a postgraduate specialization in Tirana (1984 – 1985) and a doctorate at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Rome (1988 – 1991).

Political career Vasili together with Ilir Meta would go on to create LSI on 6 September 2004. Following the disagreements between Ilir Meta and Fatos Nano. Vasili would become Deputy chair of LSI.

Following the 2009 parliamentary elections the LSI would form a coalition with the PD, where he became the Minister of Health.

As a result of the 2013 parliamentary elections, The LSI prior would withdraw from the coalition between PD-LSI and would join the PS coalition. Where he was elected as a member of the Assembly, In which he represented the Socialist Integration Movement; he held this mandate from September 30, 2013 to April 23, 2017.

He held another ministerial position as the head of the Ministry of Justice from 3 February to 22 May 2017.

On 5 May 2017, he replaced Ilir Meta as the chairman of the Socialist Integration Movement due to Meta's Presidential Candidacy. He held the position until 5 July, when he resigned; his successor was Monika Kryemadhi Ilir Meta's wife.

Today Vasili is a critic of Edi Rama and his government. He has argued that Edi Rama has made Albania a autocratic regime.