{"id":192649,"date":"2026-04-10T20:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192649\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:28:38","slug":"former-mayor-eric-adams-receives-albanian-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/192649\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Mayor Eric Adams receives Albanian citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Mayor Adams, who\u2019s made no secret of his love for international travel, has been granted Albanian citizenship by the country\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

The special decree making it official was signed<\/a> by Albanian President Bajram Begaj on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cGranting Albanian citizenship, upon his request, to the citizen: Eric L. Leroy Adams,\u201d the document, signed by the country\u2019s president, Bajram Begaj, reads in Albanian.<\/p>\n

The ex-mayor\u2019s spokesperson said that the citizenship \u201cfurther strengthens the bond between New York and Albania.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision by the Republic of Albania to grant Mayor Adams citizenship reflects that enduring relationship and mutual respect,\u201d Todd Shapiro, a spokesperson for Adams, said in a statement, adding that other leaders around the world have also received honorary dual citizenships. Shapiro pointed to Boris Johnson, the former mayor of London, who was born in the U.S. and therefore has dual citizenship, as an example.<\/p>\n

Shapiro said Adams does not have plans to move to the country.<\/p>\n

\"Mayor<\/p>\n

Justin Persaud\/Mayoral Photography Office<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams marches in the Albanian Parade in Manhattan on June 21, 2025. (Justin Persaud\/Mayoral Photography Office)<\/p>\n

Adams previously jetted off<\/a> to the Balkan nation in October 2025, after dropping his bid for a second term the week before.<\/p>\n

That trip, where Adams hobnobbed with the country\u2019s prime minister and met business leaders based there, was partially funded by New York City taxpayers. The city paid for Adams\u2019 flight and various travel expenses, and the Albanian government paid for his lodging and ground transportation, the Daily News reported at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Mayor Adams, who\u2019s made no secret of his love for international travel, has been granted Albanian citizenship…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,10,12,63,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-192649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-latest-headlines","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-manhattan","11":"tag-manhattan-headlines","12":"tag-manhattan-news","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-city","15":"tag-new-york-county","16":"tag-new-york-news","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}