Albana Kociu
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Status unknown
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- Name
- Albana KociuFrom the research record · cites:
- Shqiptarja: skandal te onkologjiku, ministrja e shendetesise: kemi nisur hetim administrativ (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 2024 · journalism · SQ
- Albana KoçiuFrom the research record · cites:
- Albana Koçiu (Wikipedia; search result) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- Albana KociuFrom the research record · cites:
- Party
- PSFrom the research record · cites:
- Albana Koçiu (Wikipedia; search result) (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia · 2026 · wiki · EN
- noneFrom the research record · cites:
- Gaz i skaduar drejt protestuesve te opozites (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 20 Feb 2026 · journalism · SQ
- PSFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Shqiptarja: skandal te onkologjiku, ministrja e shendetesise: kemi nisur hetim administrativ (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · 2024 · journalism · SQ
- OFFICIALLY_REPORTEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Fire erupts at Albania's Education Ministry as protests enter third day (opens in a new tab)Al Jazeera · 14 Oct 2026 · journalism · EN
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Health minister named in Albanian reporting on the 2024 oncology case and in a 2024 parliamentary interpellation. Appears in sources seen only through search summaries.
Response from Albana Kociu
Per search summary of Shqiptarja reporting (2024, exact date not confirmed): the ministry opened an administrative inquiry into the oncology case and said it would change the law on the medical order. Not verified against the full article.
Other accounts in the research (3 fields worded differently)
This record appears in more than one research record. The main text above comes from one; the other versions are kept here unedited.
- Biography
- Health minister named in Albanian reporting on the 2024 oncology case and in a 2024 parliamentary interpellation. Appears in sources seen only through search summaries.From the research record
- Full record in,and(id albana-kociu); this entry covers the cabinet angle only.From the research record
- Condemned violence during the October 2026 student protests. Al Jazeera spells the name Kociu.From the research record
- Named by Balkanweb on 20 Feb 2026 as Interior Minister, in a report on her call for an investigation into reported expired tear gas used at Democratic Party protests. Other 2026 sources name different interior ministers (see gaps). No other biographical detail was checked.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- Checked: no SPAK file or ILDKPKI referral found. Her name appears only in ministry-matter reporting in the existing files.From the research record
- Not in any legal proceeding in these sources.From the research record
- No legal proceedings found in searches.From the research record
- Response
- Per search summary of Shqiptarja reporting (2024, exact date not confirmed): the ministry opened an administrative inquiry into the oncology case and said it would change the law on the medical order. Not verified against the full article.From the research record
- None found.From the research record
- Posted on Facebook: "Protesting is a legitimate right, but it cannot be used as an excuse for violence." (Al Jazeera, 2026-10-14).From the research record
- Said she had ordered an investigation and could not yet say whether the gas was harmful (Balkanweb, 20 Feb 2026).From the research record
Related cases
Sorted by reported money, then by linked people and their legal status. The money figure is the largest single reported figure, not a total.
From 25 Jun 2024
QSUT Oncology Hospital: drug supply and chemotherapy allegations (SPAK case, 2024)
In June 2024, Albanian media reporting on a Report TV case file alleged that staff at the Tirana Oncology Hospital steered cancer patients to private clinics, split chemotherapy courses, and sold…
Status: Accusations (SPAK, 2024). Trial and outcome not found in sources read. KLSH audit findings reported October 2025.
From 13 Oct 2026
October 2026 student protests in Tirana: ministry fire, arrests and police response
From mid-October 2026 students protested in Tirana and other cities over university conditions, tuition costs, limited financial support and poor job prospects. Organisers also tied the movement to…
Status: Ongoing as of latest sources found (24 Oct 2026)
From 20 Feb 2026
Reported use of expired tear gas at Democratic Party protests (February 2026)
On 20 February 2026 Balkanweb reported that the Interior Minister, Albana Kociu, said she had ordered the State Police and the Police Oversight Agency to investigate reports that expired tear gas was…
Status: Claim reported; investigation outcome not found
A case listed here names this person. It does not mean they are accused in it; read the case page.
Connections
Open the map →- Government decision→Autoriteti i Mbikëqyrjes Policore (AMP, Police Oversight Agency)Source label: Unverified
Ordered investigation into expired tear gas
Evidence: Balkanweb 20 Feb 2026: minister said she ordered the State Police and Police Oversight Agency to investigate.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · 14 Oct 2026
"Protesting is a legitimate right, but it cannot be used as an excuse for violence." Urged students to distance themselves from violence and vandalism (Facebook post, as reported by Al Jazeera).
Speaker: Albana Kociu
Fire erupts at Albania's Education Ministry as protests enter third day (opens in a new tab)Al Jazeera · 14 Oct 2026 · journalism · EN
What the documents show
Al Jazeera (2026-10-14) reports the overnight break-in and fire at the ministry, and 16 police arrests. Consistent with the statement's description of vandalism.
- Fire erupts at Albania's Education Ministry as protests enter third day (opens in a new tab)Al Jazeera · 14 Oct 2026 · journalism · EN
What was said · 20 Feb 2026
Headline: 'Expired gas used toward opposition protesters, Minister Kociu: I ordered an investigation!' (translated) Minister's statement (Albanian, as fetched): she ordered the State Police and the Police Oversight Agency to investigate; she could not yet say whether the gas was harmful.
Speaker: Albana Kociu
Gaz i skaduar drejt protestuesve te opozites, ministrja Kociu: Kam urdhëruar hetim! (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 20 Feb 2026 · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
No lot number, expiry date, procurement record or inspection result for the gas was found in any source searched. The investigation outcome was not found.
- Balkanweb 20 Feb 2026 article (only source found on this claim) (opens in a new tab)Balkanweb · 20 Feb 2026 · journalism · SQ
Timeline
Police
Interior Minister Kociu says she ordered investigation into reported expired tear gas (PD protest)
Balkanweb reports the minister ordered the State Police and the Police Oversight Agency to investigate reports of expired tear gas used at a Democratic Party protest. No outcome found.
Linked: Reported use of expired tear gas at Democratic Party protests (February 2026) · Albana Kociu
Protest
Students return to the Education Ministry in Tirana for a special protest
Protest organisers announced a return to the Ministry of Education on 13 October at 14:00 (Balkanweb, search summary). Balkanweb reports very high turnout that day and revolutionary graffiti on the ministry walls calling for the minister's resignation (headline summaries). Organisers said the protest was about conditions at universities, the cost of higher education, financial support and job prospects after graduation. The protest-wave start is also recorded in(ev-2026-10-13-protest-wave-begins); the Ombudsman ex officio statement of 13 Oct (ev-2026-10-13-ombudsman-ex-officio, was not located in search results.
Linked: October 2026 student protests in Tirana: ministry fire, arrests and police response · Albana Kociu
Protest
Student protest: Education Ministry set on fire overnight; 16 arrests reported
Al Jazeera reports demonstrators broke into the Education Ministry overnight and set a fire inside; police reported 16 arrests. Protesters demanded better university conditions, lower tuition and support for youth, and some called for the PM to resign. Deputy PM Koçiu condemned the violence.
Linked: October 2026 student protests in Tirana: ministry fire, arrests and police response · Albana Kociu
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 4 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Al Jazeera
- Date
- 14 Oct 2026
Source label: UnverifiedUnverified · 3 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- 2024
- Publisher
- Wikipedia
- Date
- 2026
- Publisher
- Balkanweb
- Date
- 20 Feb 2026