Genc Ruli

{{Short description|Albanian politician (born 1958)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | native_name =  | native_name_lang =  | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | order = | office = Minister of Finance | status =  | term_start = July 1991 | term_end = December 1991 | office2 = Minister of Finance and Economy | term_start2 = March 1992 | term_end2 = November 1993 | office3 = Minister of Economy, Trade and Energy | term_start3 = September 2005 | term_end3 = September 2009 | office4 = Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection | term_start4 = September 2009 | term_end4 = September 2013 | education = | alma_mater = University of Tirana | occupation = politician | profession = Professor of Finance and Accounting | party = Democratic Party of Albania | signature = Genc Ruli (nënshkrim).svg }}

'''Genc Ruli''' (born April 11, 1958) is an Albanian academic, a founding member of the Albanian Democratic Party<ref name="SotaBot" >[https://www.botasot.info/shqiperia/706231/kush-eshte-genc-ruli-nje-nder-themeluesit-e-pd/ Who is Genc Ruli, one of the founders of PD](sq)</ref> a former politician who served as finance minister in the first governments after the fall of communism in the country and a former member of Parliament.

Ruli holds a degree in economics and law from the University of Tirana. From 1983 to 2005 he taught Finance and Accounting at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Tirana.<ref name="SotaBot" /> Ruli resigned from his position as finance minister on 9 November 1993, following allegations of corruption.<ref name="Jeffries - p380">{{cite book|last1=Jeffries|first1=Ian|title=A Guide to the Economies in Transition|date=1996|publisher=Routledge|location=London|isbn=0-415-13684-9|page=380}}</ref> as a result of a conflict with the president of Albania at that time, Mr. Sali Berisha.<ref>[https://shqiptarja.com/lajm/procesverbalet-kur-berisha-tentoi-te-fuste-ne-burg-genc-rulin-per-skandalin-e-drurit-te-arres-ne-95-si-mbrojti-pandeli-majko When Berisha tried to put Genc Ruli in jail for the gold wood scandal in '95, as Protected By The Sandy Majko] (sq)</ref> Further on, he became minister in two of Berisha's governments, from 2005 to 2013. In 1997, Ruli established alongside Artan Hoxha<ref>[https://top-channel.tv/english/artan-hoxhas-profile/ Artan Hoxha’s profile]</ref> the "Institute of Contemporary Studies", one of the most important think tanks in Albania. Ruli has been engaged in many national and international activities, with well-known organizations and institutions. He has hold various positions, such as chairman of the supervisory board of the Insurance Institute (INSIG); chairman of the Parliamentary Commission of Economy and Finance; EBRD Governor for Albania; member and vice president of the Albanian Olympic Committee etc. Ruli has written several publications in the areas of economics and public policies.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101217194901/http://keshilliministrave.al/?fq=showcabinet&m=showpers&pID=26 Biographical data] from the Albanian government</ref>

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