Olta Xhaçka
Socialist Party (PS)
Legal status
Not charged
not-charged
What this means: No criminal charge against this person is recorded in the sources reviewed.
Profile
Former minister of Europe and foreign affairs; remained an MP after her ministerial removal in September 2023 (Transparency International). Her husband, Artan Gaçi, is documented as the head of the company that obtained strategic-investor status for a Dhërmi project in 2021. The opposition Democratic Party alleged a conflict of interest; she denied leveraging her influence. The Constitutional Court ordered the mandate case referred to it in January 2023; parliament rejected the review again in April 2024 (Transparency).
Response from Olta Xhaçka
Denied leveraging her influence for personal profit (Transparency International summary of her statements).
Related cases
No case in the research lists this person.
Connections
Open the map →husband (as documented)
Evidence: Transparency International describes Gaçi as Xhaçka's husband.
What they said vs. what the documents show
What was said · unknown
Olta Xhaçka said her husband had not taken any money from the state, only legal certainty (reported by Shqiptarja in a search summary of the PD's request to remove her mandate).
Speaker: Olta Xhaçka
Shqiptarja: PD request to remove Xhaçka's mandate goes to council (search result; not fetched) (opens in a new tab)Shqiptarja · unknown · journalism · SQ
What the documents show
Transparency International's case page (fetched) describes Gaçi's company receiving strategic-investor status (VKIS decision 3/5, 29.03.2021), a June 2021 cooperation agreement, and a 30-year lease granted by the Council of Ministers in March 2022 for the adjacent beach and land. The 'no money from the state' statement is not tested by these documents.
- Olta Xhaçka case (Transparency International CEPI; fetched) (opens in a new tab)Transparency International CEPI · unknown · ngo · EN
What was said · 2021
Xhaçka denied leveraging her influence for personal profit in the matter of her husband's investment (as summarised by Transparency International).
Speaker: Olta Xhaçka
Olta Xhaçka case (Transparency International CEPI) (opens in a new tab)Transparency International CEPI · unknown · ngo · EN
What the documents show
VKIS decision 3/5 (29.03.2021) approves the status for AG.TCC sh.p.k. and does not name shareholders or any official. SPAK case pending; Constitutional Court referral ordered Jan 2023 and rejected by parliament Apr 2024 (per Transparency).
- VKIS decision no. 3/5 of 29.03.2021 (AIDA) (opens in a new tab)Komiteti i Investimeve Strategjike / AIDA · 29 Mar 2021 · official · SQ
Timeline
Government
VKIS grants strategic-investment status to Dreamades Luxury Suites (AG.TCC sh.p.k.)
Decision no. 3/5. Stated investment value 5,556,192 euro; 106-suite 5-star hotel in Dhërmi, Himarë. Transparency reports the company as Gaçi's.
Linked: Artan Gaçi · Olta Xhaçka
Government
Olta Xhaçka removed as minister in a reshuffle; keeps parliamentary mandate
Per Transparency; day not confirmed (September 2023).
Linked: Olta Xhaçka
Parliament
Parliament again rejects Constitutional Court review of Xhaçka's mandate (day not confirmed)
Per Transparency; the Socialist-led majority voted to reject the court's review after the court ordered referral in January 2023.
Linked: Olta Xhaçka
Sources for this record
Every source the research cites for this record, grouped by its source label. 3 sources.
Source label: Officially reportedOfficially reported · 1 source
- Publisher
- Transparency International CEPI
- Date
- unknown (fetched 2026-10-31)
Source label: Under investigationUnder investigation · 2 sources
- Publisher
- Shqiptarja
- Date
- unknown
- Publisher
- Komiteti i Investimeve Strategjike / AIDA
- Date
- 29 Mar 2021