Taulant Balla
Taulant Balla is an Albanian Socialist Party politician and Member of Parliament for Durrës. He was first elected MP in the 2005 general election and then for two other legislatures successively as a member of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party.Plagiarism scandal
In October 2018, many public figures and politicians in Albania were involved in a plagiarism scandal, involving their Masters and Ph.D. theses. The denouncement of cases of plagiarism started by Taulant Muka, a young epidemiologist educated in the Netherlands, who waged a crusade against the “fake” PhDs held by many politicians and government functionaries. This scandal among other things, sparked nationwide protests from the students of public universities, requiring a vetting for all academic titles held by public figures, state officials and politicians.
The PhD thesis of Taulant Balla was involved in the scandal.
In February 2019 the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iaşi, Romania, has confirmed that it is officially investigating the plagiarism of Socialist MP Taulant Balla in his PhD Thesis.Personal life
Balla is an avid supporter of German football club Bayern Munich.
