Pirro Vengu

Pirro Vengu (born 24 April 1986 in Elbasan) is an Albanian politician serving as Minister of Defense of Albania since July 2024.

Pirro Vengu
Pirro Vengu
36th Defence Minister of Albania
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)
President	Bajram Begaj
Prime Minister	Edi Rama
Preceded by	Niko Peleshi
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 September 2025 (2025-09-12)
Constituency	Vlorë County
Personal details
Born	(1986-04-24) 24 April 1986 (age 39) Elbasan, Albania
Nationality	Albanian[1]
Alma mater	Lycée Henri IV

Education

He studied Human Sciences at Lycée Henri-IV, Paris graduating in 2008. He earned two bachelor's degrees in History and Philosophy from Université Paris Nanterre, Paris, France and a master's degree in Political History at the same university in 2010. Vengu studied for a master's degree in International Relations at Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris, graduating in 2011.^[2][3]

Career

From 2009 to 2013, Vengu worked at the European Council on Foreign Relations in Paris, first as a Programme Assistant and then as Research Programme Coordinator. He then returned to Albania and served as Head of the Cabinet at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 2017. He was Director of Anticorruption at the Prime Minister’s Office from 2017 to 2019, and then Director General of the Durrës Port Authority until his current position.

Vengu is married with two children.