Who is Sokol Bizhga, the successor of Rrumbullak?

2024-09-06 16:18:00, Aktualitet CNA

Sokol Bizhga

After the resignation of the head of the State Police, Muhamet Rrumbullaku, the Commander-in-Chief of the Police will be Sokol Bizhga.

Sokol Bizhga is the most favored to take the place of Rrubmullak.

Who is the successor of Rrumbullak, Sokol Bizhga?

Sokol Bizhga comes from a long career, initially as a crime officer before the riots of 1996 in the Vlorë-Saranda area, where he was attempted to be killed in action, (as he was kidnapped, executed and burned on March 4, 1997 during a police operation, the officer Gjergj Mehmeti), his life in office was also threatened. And then as a crime boss in Tirana for several years.

He held duties mainly in connection with the Special Forces, in their direction for several years, as well as as chief police officer of Shkodra. His career would culminate after 2013 as the director of the Gjirokastra Police, the first to observe the situation in Lazarat from the ground, before the start of the big operation, which irritated the residents. He moved to the center in 2014 as Artan Didi's deputy for a few months, to move in the fall of 2014 (September 14) as Director of Strategic Studies.

After 2017, he held the position of Director of the Operational Forces, for at least 5 years, until the retired police chief Rrumbullaku appointed him on December 16, 2023 to the high position of Deputy General Director of the State Police, which he still holds today. with the rank of first manager.

On May 22, 2020, Bizhga passed the Vetting and justified his wealth by saying that he worked in Italy in construction, where he saved most of his money. In the wealth tab, Bizhga owns a 1+1 apartment, 64 m2, a 94 m2 apartment in Durrës in the name of his wife in 2006, a 52 m2 shop in Durrës, a flat and land in Gjirokastër in the name of his son and two bank deposits .

In relation to the evaluation and purity of the image, the External Evaluation Commission has stated that Sokol Bizhga has no record of criminal activity, has no contacts with the world of crime and there are no denunciations on his behalf. His professional achievements were also noted positively./ CNA