Redi Muçi
Redi Muçi | |
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| Member of the Parliament of Albania | |
| Assumed office 12 September 2025 | |
| Constituency | Tirana |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 November 1985 |
| Party | Lëvizja Bashkë |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester Polytechnic University of Tirana |
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Redi Muçi (born 18 November 1985) is an Albanian politician, lecturer and civil engineer who has served as a member of the Parliament of Albania for Tirana County since 2025. He is a member of the left-wing political party Lëvizja Bashkë, for which he was elected as its first member of parliament in the 2025 Albanian parliamentary election.[1][2]
Before entering parliament, Muçi was a lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Tirana and an activist associated with Organizata Politike, the activist group from which Lëvizja Bashkë developed.[3][4]
Early life and education
Muçi was born on 18 November 1985.[5] He studied civil and structural engineering at the University of Manchester between 2005 and 2009, where he obtained an MEng degree.[6] He later continued postgraduate work at the Polytechnic University of Tirana in applied geology.[5]
Academic and engineering career
Muçi has worked as a lecturer in the Department of Applied Geology, Environment and Geo-informatics at the Polytechnic University of Tirana.[7] His academic fields include soil mechanics, geotechnics, slope stability, ground improvement and numerical modelling in geotechnical engineering.[7] He has co-authored academic work on geotechnical and seismic-risk topics, including liquefaction potential, seismic microzonation and subsoil modelling in Albania.[7]
Activism
Before the creation of Lëvizja Bashkë, Muçi was active in Organizata Politike, a left-wing activist organisation founded in 2011. LeftEast described him as a lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Tirana and an activist in Organizata Politike.[3] In 2020, the Italian magazine Altreconomia described him as one of the voices of Organizata Politike and characterised the movement as a grassroots organisation working with independent trade unions against labour exploitation in Albania.[4]
Muçi has written on labour organising and workers' rights in Albania. In 2020, he co-authored a LeftEast article on the Albanian miners' struggle, which discussed the formation of a new trade union in Bulqizë and labour disputes involving miners.[8] He also wrote about the candidacy of miner Elton Debreshi in the 2021 Albanian parliamentary election as part of a broader argument linking parliamentary politics with trade-union organising.[9]
Political career
Lëvizja Bashkë
Lëvizja Bashkë was founded in December 2022 by activists of Organizata Politike. In a 2023 article republished by Links, Muçi described the new party as an attempt to build a new Albanian left focused on social justice and cooperation with trade unions.[10]
2025 parliamentary election
In March 2025, Lëvizja Bashkë submitted its candidate lists for the 2025 parliamentary election. Muçi was placed first on the party's closed list for Tirana County, while party leader Arlind Qori was placed second.[11][12] The party ran outside any electoral coalition.[12]
In the election held on 11 May 2025, Lëvizja Bashkë won one seat in the 140-member parliament.[2] The seat was allocated in Tirana and was taken by Muçi, making him the party's sole MP in the new legislature.[1][13] The newly elected parliament held its first session on 12 September 2025.[2]
After the election, Muçi said that the party had expected a larger representation but would accept the result, and that Lëvizja Bashkë would continue its political activity both inside and outside parliament.[14]
Parliamentary positions
As an MP, Muçi has taken public positions on electoral reform, Albania's European integration process, public land and strategic-investor policies. In June 2026, during protests related to the Pishë Poro–Nartë and Zvërnec development controversies, he criticised the government's handling of public land and strategic-investor projects.[15] In the same month, he criticised delays in parliamentary committee work on draft laws related to European integration and said that Prime Minister Edi Rama had lost credibility with international partners.[16]
See also
References
- 1 2 "EMRAT/ Kush janë 140 deputetët e Kuvendit të Shqipërisë, të dalë nga zgjedhjet e 11 majit". BalkanWeb (in Albanian). 17 May 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Albania Parliament May 2025 Election". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Author: Redi Muci". LeftEast. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 Elia, Christian (1 December 2020). "Il movimento per i diritti sul lavoro che sta scuotendo l'Albania". Altreconomia (in Italian). Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 "CV 01.09.20 Redi - SHQIP". Scribd (in Albanian). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Redi Muçi (0000-0003-2005-3129)". ORCID. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Redi Muci". ResearchGate. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Muçi, Redi; Qosja, Griselda (26 February 2020). "There is power in a union: Reflections on the Albanian miners' struggle". LeftEast. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Muçi, Redi (27 April 2021). "Elton Debreshi: the way to Parliament passes through trade union organizing". LeftEast. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Redi Muçi". Links – International Journal of Socialist Renewal. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "'Lëvizja Bashkë' dorëzon listat në KQZ, Arlind Qori i dyti në Tiranë". Euronews Albania (in Albanian). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- 1 2 "Zgjedhjet/ Lëvizja Bashkë bëhet e para parti që dorëzon listën e kandidatëve për deputetë në KQZ". Shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). 6 March 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "Lëvizja Bashkë merr 1 mandat në parlament, Qori: Na besuan 24,000 qytetarë". RTSH (in Albanian). 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "I vetmi që do përfaqësojë Lëvizjen Bashkë në parlament, Muçi: Prisnim më shumë deputetë". Shqiptarja.com (in Albanian). 15 May 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "After Zvërnec, Rrjoll and Dardha, the Kakomë fence also falls". Citizens.al. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ "'The train of draft laws has stalled', Redi Muçi: Rama has lost credibility with internationals". BalkanWeb. 11 June 2026. Retrieved 24 June 2026.