Sali Kelmendi (31 May 1947 – 7 February 2015) was an engineer and a politician. One of the founders of the

Democratic Party of Albania The Democratic Party of Albania ( sq, Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë, PD or PDSH) is a conservatism in Albania, conservative list of political parties in Albania, political party in Albania. It has been the largest opposition party in the c ...

in 1990, Sali Kelmendi is the first democratically elected mayor of Tirana in the democratic elections of July 1992. During the years 1992-1996, over 90% of enterprises and 100% of homes were denationalized. Also a lot of work was done in the housing of the politically persecuted people. Thus, he contributed in the Tirana's transformation from a centrally

planned economy A planned economy is a type of economic system where investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economy-wide economic plans and production plans. A planned economy may use centralized, decentralized, part ...

to a market oriented system. Sali Kelmendi suffered a heart attack on 7 February 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelmendi, Sali 1947 births 2015 deaths Democratic Party of Albania politicians Mayors of Tirana Politicians from Tirana