title: 2009 in Albania
text: # 2009 in Albania
  
  The following lists events that happened during 2009 in Republic of Albania.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President: Bamir Topi
  * Prime Minister: Sali Berisha (re-elected)
  * Deputy Prime Minister: Ilir Rusmali (until 10 September); Ilir Meta (from 10 September)
  
  ## Events
  
  ### April
  
  * 2 April - Albania officially joins NATO and formally applies for membership of the European Union.
  
  ### July
  
  * Sali Berisha's centre-right Democratic Party wins parliamentary elections by a narrow margin.
  
  ### November
  
  * Opposition Socialist Party begins series of demonstrations in Tirana in protest at alleged vote-rigging in the parliamentary election.
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 24 March - Ali Progri, Albanian engineer
  * 14 July - Kujtim Majaci, Albanian football player
  * 21 November - Teki Biçoku, Albanian geologist and former member and president of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.
  