| Vangjush Dako | |
| Order: | 35th Mayor of Durrës |
| Term Start: | 2007 |
| Term End: | 2 August 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Lefter Koka |
| Successor: | Valbona Sako |
| Birth Date: | 1966 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Durrës, Albania |
| Nationality: | Albanian |
| Party: | Socialist Party of Albania |
Vangjush Dako has served as the mayor of the city of Durrës, Albania.[1] He was elected to the post following the February 2007 local elections.[2] He is a member of the Socialist Party of Albania.
Vangjush Dako was born in Durrës, on 29 November 1966. He attended Tirana University's School of Engineering, where he graduated in 1991.
On 30 July, 2019, he was sanctioned by the United States Department of State for "involvement in significant corruption".[3]
In June 2023, Vangjush Dako (and 8 other officials of the Municipality of Durres) were arrested by order of the SPAK for abuse of power in two cases. The first case concerns the construction of a building in Durres, which collapsed due to the earthquake in November 2019, and to which extra floors were added without permission, legalised by Mayor Dako through non-transparent procedures. The second concerns a tenfold increase in the cost of work on the project to build a promenade in the Currilove area of the municipality, causing a loss of ALL 18 million to the state budget. [4] SPAK started legal proceedings in November 2024. He is currently under trial.[5]