Lindita Nikolla

{{Short description|Albanian politician (born 1965)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Lindita Nikolla

| image = Speaker of Parliament Lindita Nikolla (cropped).jpg

| office = 38th Speaker of the Albanian Parliament

| term_start = 10 September 2021

| term_end = 30 July 2024

| predecessor = Gramoz Ruçi

| successor = Elisa Spiropali

| office1 = Minister of Education, Sports and Youth

| primeminister1 = Edi Rama

| term_start1 = 15 September 2013

| term_end1 = 11 May 2017

| predecessor1 = Myqerem Tafaj

| successor1 = Mirela Karabina

| primeminister2 = Edi Rama

| term_start2 = 13 September 2017

| term_end2 = 17 January 2019

| predecessor2 = Mirela Karabina {{small|(Education and Sports)}}

| successor2 = Besa Shahini

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|10|22}}

| birth_place = Tirana, PR Albania

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = Socialist Party

| spouse = Ligor Nikolla

| children = 1

| education = University of Tirana
Albanian University

| signature = Lindita Nikolla (nënshkrim).svg

| caption = Nikolla in 2023

}}

Lindita Nikolla (born 22 October 1965) is an Albanian retired politician{{Cite web|title = Greece and Albania to Cooperate Over Books of Greek Minority|url = http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/11/20/greece-and-albania-to-cooperate-over-books-of-greek-minority/|accessdate = 14 September 2015|first = Aggelos|last = Skordas|publisher = Greek Reporter}}{{Cite web|date=3 March 2021|title=Formular Vetëdeklarimi|url=http://kqz.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/LE-PS-01-LINDITA-NIKOLLA.pdf|website=Central Election Commission|language=sq}}

who served as the Speaker of the Parliament from September 10, 2021 until her retirement from politics on July 28, 2024.{{Cite web|title=Lindita Nikolla elected Albania's new parliament speaker|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/lindita-nikolla-elected-albania-s-new-parliament-speaker/2361661|access-date=10 September 2021|website=www.aa.com.tr}}

Previously she served as the Minister of Education, Sports and Youth in September 2013 until May 2017, where she temporarily handed over the post to Mirela Karabina as part of a pre-election agreement between the position and the opposition.{{Cite web|last=Caucaso|first=Osservatorio Balcani e|title=Agreement reached, Albania will vote on June 25th|url=https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/eng/Areas/Albania/Agreement-reached-Albania-will-vote-on-June-25th-180344|access-date=10 September 2021|website=OBC Transeuropa|language=it}} Nikolla was appointed again Minister of Education, Sports and Youth in September 2017 until 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.arsimi.gov.al/al/ministria/ministrja/nikolla-lindita|title=Lindita Nikolla|work=Arsimi.gov.al|accessdate=18 September 2015}} In December 2018 a standoff occurred between Nikolla and students when she was minister, with the students protesting for multiple days, which expanded to the Union of Employees of Universities of Albania joining protests.{{cite news |title=Lindita Nikolla iu çon letër, studentët të pakënaqur. Kërkojnë dorëheqjen e ministres |url=https://telegraf.al/sociale/lindita-nikolla-iu-con-leter-studentet-te-pakenaqur-kerkojne-doreheqjen-e-ministres/ |access-date=1 April 2025 |work=Gazeta Telegraf |date=7 December 2018 |language=sq}}{{cite news |title=Studentët refuzojnë ftesën e Ramës dhe vijojnë protestën, kërkesë me 8 pika ministres, Nikolla: Ejani në dialog - Shqiptarja.com |url=https://shqiptarja.com/lajm/studentet-serish-ne-proteste-10-kerkesa-te-reja-per-mas-i-kemi-te-shenjta-jemi-gati-te-luftojme |access-date=1 April 2025 |work=Shqiptarja. |date=7 December 2018 |language=sq}}