The Municipal Council of Tirana () is the legislative body of
Tirana,
Albania.
As of 2019 it consists of 61 members who serve a 4-year term.
The members of the council are elected in local elections and the last
elections were won by the Socialist Party.
The member of the council elects the Chairman of the council. During the
2019–2021 Albanian political crisis
Starting from 16 February 2019, the opposition parties organized a series of protests and rallies against the government to demand new elections and the formation of a technocrat government that would ensure the fairness of the electoral process ...
members from the opposition had boycotted the election. Which resulted in a Socialist Party landslide.
Committees
Tirana's City Council consists of 55 members. It has 14 committees listed as follows:
*Finance Committee (7 members)
*Juridical Committee (5 members)
*Commission of Economy and Social Affairs (5 members)
*Education Committee (5 members)
*Committee on Health, Veterinary, Environment Protection (5 members)
*Public Services Committee (5 members) Territorial Adjustment Committee (5 members)
*Foreign Affairs Committee (5 members)
*Mandates Commission (5 members)
*Commission of Public Order and Civil Defense (5 members)
*Housing Committee (5 members)
*Commission of Culture, Youth and Sports (5 members)
*Audit Commission (5 members)
*Assessment Commission figures City (7 members)
Composition of the council
Following the opposition boycott of the
Albanian local elections, 2019
2019 Albanian local elections were a set of elections in Albania held on 30 June 2019. Voters were asked to elect mayors, municipal council members, municipal unit mayors and municipal unit members. These were the second local elections in Alb ...
, the composition of the Council of Tirana is as follows:
References
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Politics of Tirana
Local government in Albania
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