Belinda Balluku

{{Short description|Albanian politician (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Belinda Balluku

| image = Belinda Balluku Minster (cropped).png

| image_size =

| caption = Balluku in 2023

| office = Deputy Prime Minister of Albania

| president = Ilir Meta
Bajram Begaj

| primeminister = Edi Rama

| predecessor = Arben Ahmetaj

| term_start = {{Start date|2022|7|28|df=y}}

| office1 = Minister of Infrastructure and Energy

| term_start1 = {{Start date|2019|1|17|df=yes}}

| term_end1 =

| president1 = Ilir Meta
Bajram Begaj

| primeminister1 = Edi Rama

| predecessor1 = Damian Gjiknuri

| successor =

| office2 = Member of the 31st Parliament of Albania

| term_start2 = {{Start date|2021|9|10|df=y}}

| term_end2 =

| parliamentarygroup2 = PS

| constituency2 = Tirana

| education =

| children = 2

| spouse = Sokol Balla (2004–2015)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|10|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania

| party = Socialist Party

| signature = Belinda Balluku (nënshkrim).svg

}}

Belinda Balluku (born 9 October 1973) is an Albanian politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Albania since 2022 and as Minister of Infrastructure and Energy under Prime Minister Edi Rama since 2019.{{Cite news|date=17 January 2019|title=Albania: New govt ministers sworn in, EU considers it an important moment|work=Independent Balkan News Agency|url=https://balkaneu.com/albania-new-govt-ministers-sworn-ineu-considers-it-an-important-moment/|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913091100/https://balkaneu.com/albania-new-govt-ministers-sworn-ineu-considers-it-an-important-moment/|archive-date=13 September 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Jonuzaj|first=Klaudjo|date=17 January 2019|title=Albania's parliament endorses government reshuffle|work=SeeNews|url=https://seenews.com/news/albanias-parliament-endorses-government-reshuffle-639691|url-status=live|access-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190117174258/https://seenews.com/news/albanias-parliament-endorses-government-reshuffle-639691|archive-date=17 January 2019}}

Political career

In 2004, Mrs. Balluku joined the staff of the Municipality of Tirana, initially as a Public Relations Advisor and later as Director of the Mayor's Cabinet. During this period, she led the development of communication strategies with the public and the media.{{cite web |title=Belinda Balluku Minister |url=https://www.infrastruktura.gov.al/en/minister/ |website=Infrastruktura |access-date=18 October 2022}}

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