TIRANA, September 6 /ATA/ Sokol Bizhga has been appointed Acting Director General of the State Police (DGP).
Minister of the Interior Ervin Hoxha congratulated the outgoing DGP Muhamet Rrumbullaku for the work done, so far.
The minister stated that according to the newly approved State Police law, he has issued the Instruction for the launch of the selection procedures of the new Director General of the State Police.
Hoxha called on all Police chiefs, who are up the mark of the criteria provided by the law, to run for the post of Director General.
“The process is open and the choice will be unaffected by anything else, except for the individual values of each candidate,” said Minister Hoxha.
Sokol Bizhga has been the Deputy General Director of the State Police since December 2022. Bizhga was born in 1962, in Gjirokastra, and currently lives in Tirana. In 1990, he received the title of “Officer”, after completing the Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. /j.p/p.s./
