{{Short description|Albanian politician (born 1953)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}{{Infobox officeholder | name = Arta Dade | image = File:Albanian delegation (croped).jpg | office = Member of the Albanian parliament | prime_minister = | term_start = 1997 | term_end = 2017 | predecessor = | successor = | office1 = Minister of Foreign Affairs | prime_minister1 = Ilir Meta | term_start1 = July 2001 | term_end1 = July 2002 | predecessor1 = Paskal Milo | successor1 = Ilir Meta | office2 = Minister of Culture | prime_minister2 = Fatos Nano | term_start2 = July 1997 | term_end2 = April 1998 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|3|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Tirana, Albania | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = 2 | alma_mater = University of Tirana | party = Socialist Party of Albania | signature = Arta Dade (nënshkrim).svg | signature_alt = }}
'''Arta Dade''' (born 15 March 1953) is an Albanian politician and former member of Parliament of Albania for the Socialist Party.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=4136 |title=PACE Member File |website=Assembly.coe.int |date= |accessdate=2016-11-18 |archive-date=2019-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510214157/http://assembly.coe.int/nw/xml/AssemblyList/MP-Details-EN.asp?MemberID=4136 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She held government posts such as Minister of Culture and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
== Biography == Dade was born in Tirana, Albania.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Elsie |first=Robert |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Albania/6inIiCF_930C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Arta+Dade+historical+dictionary&pg=PA96&printsec=frontcover |title=Historical Dictionary of Albania |date=2010-03-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-0-8108-6188-6 |pages=96-97 |language=en}}</ref> She graduated from the University of Tirana in English Literature.<ref name=":3" /> She worked as a lecturer in the University until 1997, when she started her political career. She had joined the Socialist Party of Albania in 1991 and served as a member of the executive committee from 1992.<ref name=":3" />
Dade served from 1997 to 2007 and represented Fier County in the Parliament of Albania. During her political career, she held several government posts such as Minister of Culture and Minister of Foreign Affairs, being the first woman to be appointed a Foreign minister.<ref name=":0" /> She also represented Albania at the Parliamentary Assembly of the European Council.<ref name=":1" />
In April 1998, the Greek embassy in Albania put pressure on Fatos Nano to dismiss Dade and the Albanian Minister of Defence Sabit Brokaj, who both opposed the Greek stance on Kosovo, including wanting to arrest Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) operatives in Albania. President Rexhep Meidani refused to sign Nano's order for their removal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vickers |first=Miranda |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Albanian_Question/6-aKDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Arta+Dade&pg=PA116&printsec=frontcover |title=The Albanian Question: Reshaping the Balkans |last2=Pettifer |first2=James |date=2006-10-27 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-0-85771-024-6 |pages=116-117 |language=en}}</ref> In 2000, while Minister of Culture, Dade signed an agreement on cultural cooperation between Albania and Kosovo.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Elsie |first=Robert |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Kosova/Fnbw1wsacSAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Arta+Dade&pg=PR52&printsec=frontcover |title=Historical Dictionary of Kosova |date=2004-10-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |isbn=978-0-8108-5309-6 |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref> Dade was also an advocate of resolving issues in Macedonia by political means with guaranteed minority rights.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roudometof |first=Victor |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Collective_Memory_National_Identity_and/WhIrEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Arta+Dade&pg=PA222&printsec=frontcover |title=Collective Memory, National Identity, and Ethnic Conflict: Greece, Bulgaria, and the Macedonian Question |date=2002-12-30 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-07721-0 |pages=222 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2004, Dade and Ben Blushi sued the Democratic Party of Albania's Sali Berisha for libel after she was accused of corruption. The case was settled out of court.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Country_Reports_on_Human_Rights_Practice/XTtkDEuhdFsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Arta+Dade&pg=PA1071&printsec=frontcover |title=Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended |date=2005 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |pages=1071 |language=en}}</ref>
In her last years in Parliament, Dade held the role of the Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Policy.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.parlament.al/chairwoman-of-foreign-policy-committee-mrs-arta-dade-receives-the-minister-for-dialogue-of-the-republic-of-kosovo-mrs-edita-tahiri-and-the-delegation-accompanying-her/?lang=en |title=Albanian Parlament - Chairwoman of Foreign Policy Committee, Mrs. Arta Dade receives the Minister for Dialogue of the Republic of Kosovo, Mrs. Edita Tahiri and the delegation accompanying her |website=Parlament.al |date=2016-11-14 |accessdate=2016-11-18 |archive-date=21 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321185808/https://www.parlament.al/chairwoman-of-foreign-policy-committee-mrs-arta-dade-receives-the-minister-for-dialogue-of-the-republic-of-kosovo-mrs-edita-tahiri-and-the-delegation-accompanying-her/?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, she was the Chair of the Moldova Group of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}}
Dade retired from parliamentary politics in 2017.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=5 August 2023 |title=Arta Dade talks about leaving politics: From a modern party, SP turned into a party where only Rama decides |url=https://www.voxnews.al/english/politike/arta-dade-flet-per-largimin-nga-politika-nga-nje-parti-moderne-ps-u-kth-i39213 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Vox News}}</ref> She has continued to be active in Albanian politics, such as giving interviews on current affairs issues<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-15 |title=Rrëfehet Arta Dade: Pse ndërrova qëndrim për Erion Veliajn |url=https://www.gazetatema.net/politika/rrefehet-arta-dade-pse-nderrova-qendrim-per-erion-veliajn-i466890 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Gazeta Tema}}</ref> and speaking at the Socialist Party's 2025 Political Academy for young members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-06 |title=Young SP members, Arta Dade, burst into Rama's eyes: MPs are not elected, releasing a video in which they are servile to the leader |url=https://pamfleti.net/politike/te-rinjte-e-ps-arta-dade-ia-plas-ne-sy-rames-nuk-zgjidhen-deputetet-duk-i265209 |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=Pamfleti}}</ref>
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