Ogerta Manastirliu
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Conflicting records. The research disagrees; every version is shown and none has been chosen as correct.
- Legal status
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian Government Bought Coronavirus Tests at Four Times the Market Price (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 22 Apr 2020 · journalism · EN
- DP's Vokshi: Government bought only 5 respirators out of 54, with double the market price (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · 24 Apr 2020 · political-statement · EN
- Ministry of Health Officials Charged Over Concession Corruption (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 27 Jan 2022 · journalism · EN
- unknownFrom the research record · cites:
- Arrestimi i zyrtares së Ministrisë së Shëndetësisë për ryshfet; PD kërkon dorëheqjen e Manastirliut (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 3 Jun 2023 · journalism · SQ
- not-chargedFrom the research record · cites:
- Source label
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Albanian Government Bought Coronavirus Tests at Four Times the Market Price (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 22 Apr 2020 · journalism · EN
- DP's Vokshi: Government bought only 5 respirators out of 54, with double the market price (opens in a new tab)Top Channel · 24 Apr 2020 · political-statement · EN
- Ministry of Health Officials Charged Over Concession Corruption (opens in a new tab)Exit.al · 27 Jan 2022 · journalism · EN
- UNVERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
- Arrestimi i zyrtares së Ministrisë së Shëndetësisë për ryshfet; PD kërkon dorëheqjen e Manastirliut (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja.com · 3 Jun 2023 · journalism · SQ
- VERIFIEDFrom the research record · cites:
Profile
Health minister during the 2020 COVID procurement; named in the 2020 opposition claims and in KLSH referral coverage. Other reporting (not opened) says she later took over from Beqaj.
Response from Ogerta Manastirliu
No response to PD claims recorded in the Exit.al article of 22 Apr 2020.
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 during the 2020 COVID procurement; named in the 2020 opposition claims and in KLSH referral coverage. Other reporting (not opened) says she later took over from Beqaj.From the research record
- Full record in(id ogerta-manastirliu); this entry covers the cabinet angle only.From the research record
- Legal status detail
- No charge found in the reviewed sources.From the research record
- On 3 Jun 2023 Joana Duro, Secretary General of the Ministry of Health (an official, not a minister), was reported caught taking a 330,000-lek bribe for a supervision tender (Shqiptarja). The Democratic Party demanded Manastirliu's resignation and a SPAK probe of her; that is a party allegation. No charge or SPAK finding against Manastirliu found.From the research record
- Response
- No response to PD claims recorded in the Exit.al article of 22 Apr 2020.From the research record
- No direct statement in the Shqiptarja article; the DP said she had stayed silent for 24 hours (party claim).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 27 Jan 2022
KLSH referral of Health Ministry officials: laboratory PPP and respirator tender
KLSH, the State Supreme Audit Institution, reported Ministry of Health and concession-agency (ATRAKO) officials to SPAK for alleged violations of equal treatment in public tenders. The referral…
Status: Referred to SPAK (reported Jan 2022); trial stage reported Jan 2023; outcome not confirmed.
From Mar 2020
COVID-19 emergency health procurement, 2020 (test kits, respirators, masks)
In spring 2020 the Albanian health authorities bought COVID-19 supplies (test kits, respirators, protective equipment) through urgent, negotiated and in some cases secret procedures. The opposition…
Status: Allegations public since 2020; KLSH referral reported (Jan 2023); trial stage and outcome not confirmed.
From 15 Oct 2026
Phone seizure of Ermal Gjinaj, husband of former minister Ogerta Manastirliu, in the sterilization-concession probe
Albanian Daily News (15 October 2026, fetched) reports that the National Bureau of Investigation seized the mobile phone of Ermal Gjinaj, husband of Socialist politician and former minister Ogerta…
Status: Phone seizure reported (2026); no charge found in sources reviewed.
A case listed here names this person. It does not mean they are accused in it; read the case page.
Connections
Open the map →- Official position→COVID-19 emergency health procurement, 2020 (test kits, respirators, masks)Source label: Verified
Health minister during COVID procurement
Evidence: Named as Health Minister in Exit.al 22 Apr 2020 coverage of the PD claims.
husband (as reported)
Evidence: Albanian Daily News (fetched) names Ermal Gjinaj as the husband of former minister Ogerta Manastirliu.
Timeline
Police
Health Ministry Secretary General reported caught taking bribe; DP demands Minister Manastirliu's resignation
Joana Duro (Secretary General, not a minister) reported caught taking a 330,000-lek bribe for a supervision tender. The DP calls for Manastirliu's resignation and a SPAK probe of her; no SPAK finding against the minister found.
Linked: Ogerta Manastirliu · Joana Duro
SPAK
NBI seizes phone of Ermal Gjinaj, husband of Ogerta Manastirliu, in the sterilization-concession probe (reported)
Albanian Daily News report (fetched). Prosecutor's order approved by the Special Court; no official statement.
Linked: Phone seizure of Ermal Gjinaj, husband of former minister Ogerta Manastirliu, in the sterilization-concession probe · Ermal Gjinaj · Ogerta Manastirliu
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 5 sources.
Source label: VerifiedVerified · 4 sources
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- 22 Apr 2020
- Publisher
- Top Channel
- Date
- 24 Apr 2020
- Publisher
- Exit.al
- Date
- 27 Jan 2022
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja.com
- Date
- 3 Jun 2023
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 1 source
- Publisher
- Albanian Daily News
- Date
- 15 Oct 2026