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Arben Taravari (; born 9 April 1973) is a North Macedonia doctor and politician. He was elected mayor of Gostivar Municipality in 2017. He served as Minister of Health in 2017, and was named in the position again in 2024. A member of the Alliance for Albanians, he came fifth of seven candidates in the 2024 North Macedonian presidential election.
An ethnic Albanian and member of the Alliance for Albanians, Taravari was one of two party members named in the government of Zoran Zaev starting in July 2017. He resigned in October. He was elected mayor of his hometown in 2017 and 2021.
In the 2024 North Macedonian presidential election, Taravari came fifth of seven candidates, receiving 83,393 votes (over 9%) in the first round. He had said that year that the Constitution of North Macedonia should be amended to guarantee one of the three main offices – president, prime minister, speaker of the parliament – to Albanians. He also said that Bulgarians should be recognised in the constitution, that the constitution should be revised to name the Albanian language explicitly, and for the president to be voted indirectly by parliament.
In June 2024, Taravari was named Minister of Health for a second time. He announced that the Ministry of Health would dismiss the directors of the Mother Teresa Clinical Complex.
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