# Majko II Government

The Majko II Government was the 61st ruling government of the Republic of Albania, led by prime minister Pandeli Majko. It was officially mandated by president Rexhep Meidani on 22 February 2002. After the 2001 parliamentary elections, the alliance led by the Socialist Party won a seat majority for the second consecutive time and managed to form a government headed by Ilir Meta but due to internal conflicts within the party, Meta was forced to offer his resignation on 29 January 2002. Majko managed to persuade most of the party hierarchy, including its chairman Fatos Nano, to form a new government, although as it turned out, for the same reasons as the Meta II Government, he offered his resignation a few months later on 25 July 2002.

## Overview

A few months after the formation of the Meta II Government, in the Socialist Party (PS), debates broke out between the incumbent Prime Minister and the party chairman, Mr. Fatos Nano. The conflict escalated in early December 2001 when the party chairman convened for three consecutive days the General Steering Committee of the Socialist Party or as it was otherwise known by the acronym KPD. In this committee, he accuses some ministers of the Meta government of being corrupt, incompetent, and not reflecting the will of the voters of PS. This led to the resignation of 4 ministers in those days, whom Meta replaced by taking the decree of the President a few days later, but Nano refused to give his consensus resulting in a non-vote on the parliament. President Meidani did not hesitate to take the case to the Constitutional Court and threatened to dissolve parliament.
However, in order to pave the way for a solution, Ilir Meta himself offered his resignation as Prime Minister on 29 January 2002. Nano, on the other hand, could not offer himself as a new candidate for Prime Minister because according to the statute of the Socialist Party, the role of PM and the party chairman could not be exercised simultaneously. Fearing the same situation as in Meta government and willing to consolidate his power in the party, he chose the latter instead of governing the country.
Majko, on the other hand, volunteered to govern the country for a second time, and given that he was a figure that found consensus from both factions in the party, he began working to form a new government trying to persuade both sides. This in fact suited Nano's situation, as it gave him time to start a process within the party to change the statute and allow him to exercise simultaneously the chairman and prime minister.

## Cabinet

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister | Pandeli Majko | 22 February 2002 | 25 July 2002 | PS |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Skënder Gjinushi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PSD |
| Ministry of Finances | Kastriot Islami | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Public Order | Stefan Çiba | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Defence | Luan Rama | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Arta Dade | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Justice | Spiro Peçi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | Independent |
| Ministry of Economy | Ermelinda Meksi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Education and Science | Luan Memushi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Agriculture | Agron Duka | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | Independent |
| Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs | Skënder Gjinushi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PSD |
| Ministry of Health | Mustafa Xhani | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports | Agron Tato | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Environment | Lufter Xhuveli | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PAA |
| Ministry of Transport | Maqo Lakrori | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Industry and Energy | Viktor Doda | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Trade | Ermelinda Meksi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Ministry of Local Government and Decentralization | Et’hem Ruka | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Minister of State for European Integration As minister without portfolio | Marko Bello | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |
| Minister of State As minister without portfolio | Ndre Legisi | 22 February 2002 | 31 July 2002 | PS |