# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sali-berisha
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:34:55.749Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/sali-berisha"
name: "Sali Berisha"
slug: "sali-berisha"
description: "Albanian cardiologist-turned-politician who held the country's top offices for fifteen years — president through the 1990s, prime minister into the 2010s — then became the rare European leader barred by both Washington and London on corruption grounds while still commanding a party and leading the opposition from house arrest."
tagline: "Albanian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sali_Berisha_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1944-10-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born 15 October 1944, Berisha left cardiology for politics and chaired Albania's Democratic Party starting in 1990. He served as president from 1992 to 1997, then returned as prime minister from 2005 to 2013. In 2021 the Biden Administration barred him from entering the United States under anti-corruption statute, citing ties to organized crime; the UK followed with its own sanctions. That September his party chairman expelled him over the legal trouble, and the 79-year-old launched a nationwide campaign that split the party and won him back the chairmanship in 2022. On 30 December 2023 he was placed under house arrest on corruption charges from his time as prime minister. A court released him in November 2024, and he remains opposition leader, still blocked from U.S. soil.