Former New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly obtained citizenship and a passport from Albania, according to reports published Friday in the Balkan country.
The Albania Daily News was first to report that Adams had requested both citizenship and a passport, and that the Albanian president, Bajram Begaj, granted them by special decree. Euronews Albania reported the same development. The reports say the decision was also recorded in the country’s official government journal.
The move follows a visit Adams made to Albania months earlier, during which he offered effusive compliments for the country. The newly reported citizenship marks an unusual international development for the former New York City mayor, though the reports did not provide further details about the reasons for the request or the terms of the decree.
Albania’s president has the authority to issue special decrees in certain cases, and in this instance the reported grant appears to have been made through that process. The available reports do not indicate whether Adams has commented publicly on the citizenship or passport.
Adams, who served as mayor of New York City, has been a public figure in U.S. politics for years, but this latest development places him in the news for a matter involving another country’s citizenship system. For now, the reports from Albania are the clearest account of what has taken place.
According to those reports, the process was straightforward: Adams requested the documents, and President Begaj approved them. The official record in Albania appears to confirm the decision.
