Genc Pollo
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Genc Stefenaq Pollo is an Albania
n politician and a member of Parliament.
He was reelected as a member of the Albanian Parliament after the general elections, held in June 2009 which reconfirmed a Democratic Party led coalition and was appointed Minister for Innovation and Information Communication Technology in the new Cabinet.
In the previous government, Pollo held the position of Deputy Prime Minister for one year, (2008–2009) and before that the one of Minister of Education and Sciences (2005–2008).
After graduating in Historical Studies from the University of Tirana in 1986 he worked as researcher at the Academy of Sciences of Albania
for two years and then followed postgraduate studies at the University of Vienna
thanks to a scholarship awarded by the Austrian government.
Pollo participated in the founding of the Democratic Party of Albania, which contested Albanian Communist rule in the first multiparty elections in 1992, acting as the party spokesman. During 1992 to 1996 he served as an advisor to Sali Berisha
, then President of Albania. Pollo has held various party and parliamentary senior positions related to education, foreign affairs and European integration.
Since 2001 he chairs the New Democrat Party, which was part of the center right coalition that won the summer 2005 general elections that eventually merged with the Democratic Party.
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n politician and a member of Parliament.
He was reelected as a member of the Albanian Parliament after the general elections, held in June 2009 which reconfirmed a Democratic Party led coalition and was appointed Minister for Innovation and Information Communication Technology in the new Cabinet.
In the previous government, Pollo held the position of Deputy Prime Minister for one year, (2008–2009) and before that the one of Minister of Education and Sciences (2005–2008).
After graduating in Historical Studies from the University of Tirana in 1986 he worked as researcher at the Academy of Sciences of Albania
Academy of Sciences of Albania
The Academy of Sciences of Albania , founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. The institution includes the most distinguished scientists, also called "academics", that are involved in research centers and other organisms inside and outside Albania...
for two years and then followed postgraduate studies at the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
thanks to a scholarship awarded by the Austrian government.
Pollo participated in the founding of the Democratic Party of Albania, which contested Albanian Communist rule in the first multiparty elections in 1992, acting as the party spokesman. During 1992 to 1996 he served as an advisor to Sali Berisha
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, then President of Albania. Pollo has held various party and parliamentary senior positions related to education, foreign affairs and European integration.
Since 2001 he chairs the New Democrat Party, which was part of the center right coalition that won the summer 2005 general elections that eventually merged with the Democratic Party.