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Assembly Of Kosovo
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) or the Kuvendi, is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly elected by the people every four years. It was originally established by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo in 2001 to provide 'provisional, democratic self-government'. On 17 February 2008, representatives of the people of Kosovo unilaterally declared Kosovo's independence and subsequently adopted the Constitution of Kosovo, which came into effect on 15 June 2008. Members The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo is regulated by the Constitution of Kosovo and has 120 directly elected members; 20 are reserved for national minorities as follows: * 10 seats for the representatives of the Serbs. * 4 seats for the representatives of the Romani, Ashkali and Egyptians. * 3 seats for the Bosniaks. * 2 seats for the Turks. * 1 seat for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Speaker Of The Assembly Of Kosovo
The Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo (, ) is the Speaker (politics), presiding officer of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, elected by the parliament during the opening session. The position also ranks first in the President of Kosovo, presidential line of succession. Officeholders Speaker Chairperson of the Constitutive Session Chairperson of the Constitutive Session of the Assembly of Kosovo (, ) is traditionally the oldest and youngest elected members of a new legislature, who temporarily preside over the inaugural session. The oldest member usually leads the proceedings, while the youngest assists. Their role is largely ceremonial and symbolic, representing continuity and renewal within the democratic process. During the session, the mandates of elected members are verified, oaths of office are taken, and the legislature is officially constituted. Though temporary, their role is essential for ensuring the constitutional and procedural legitimacy of the new legislati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Party (Kosovo)
The New Democratic Party (, ) or NDS is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing Bosniaks. It was founded by Emilija Redžepi. The party was founded in 2009 in response to growing discontent in the Bosniak Community at the Vakat Coalition, who Redžepi accused of only working for their personal gains, instead of the needs of the community they represented. The party first won representation in the 2010 Kosovan parliamentary election winning 2,478 vote or 0.35% of the vote. This made it the first Bosniak party, that wasn't part of the Vakat Coalition, to win representation in the Assembly. The party has maintained the same representation every election since 2010, with one seat in the Assembly. The party did not join the “6+” parliamentary group (made up of non-Serb minority members), with Redžepi accusing the group of only serving Turkish minority interests, despite two of its members being from the Bosniak Vakat Coalition. After the 2019 Kosova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open List
Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a Political party, party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, in which party lists are in a predetermined, fixed order by the time of the election and gives the general voter no influence at all on the position of the candidates placed on the party list. An open list system allows voters to select individuals rather than, or in addition to parties. Different systems give the voter different amounts of influence to change the default ranking. The voter's candidate choices are usually called preference vote; the voters are usually allowed one or more preference votes for the open list candidates. Open lists differ from mixed-member proportional representation, also known as "personalized proportional representation" in Germany. Some Mixed electoral system, mixed systems, however, may use open lists in their list-PR compon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is a media organization broadcasting news and analyses in 27 languages to 23 countries across Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East. Headquartered in Prague since 1995, RFE/RL operates 21 local bureaus with over 500 core staff, 1,300 freelancers, and 680 employees. Nicola Careem serves as the editor-in-chief. Founded during the Cold War, RFE began in 1949 targeting Soviet empire, Soviet satellite states, while RL, established in 1951, focused on the Soviet Union. Initially funded covertly by the Central Intelligence Agency, CIA until 1972, the two merged in 1976. RFE/RL was headquartered in Munich from 1949 to 1995, with additional broadcasts from Portugal's Glória do Ribatejo until 1996. Soviet authorities jammed their signals, and Second World, communist regimes often infiltrated their operations. Today, RFE/RL is a private 501(c)(3) corporation supervised by the United States Agency for Global Media, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adem Hodža
Adem Hodža (; ; born 16 June 1968) is a Kosovan politician who is currently a member of the Assembly of Kosovo. He is the president of the Unique Gorani Party, a Gorani minority political party in Kosovo. Biography Hodža was born to a Gorani family in 1968 in Restelica, Gora which at the time was a part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He is a president of the Unique Gorani Party, a Gorani minority political party in Kosovo and is a member of the Assembly of Kosovo. He also served as the Provisional President of the Municipality of Gora, which functions in the system of Serbia from 2013 until his removal from office in 2018 after numerous accusations against him. He has been accused of very controversial activities on several occasions, as well as accused of attempted rape, for which he was ordered to be detained for 30 days. His decisions provoked frequent outrages among the Gorani loyal to Serbia, of which he is a representative. On several occasions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unique Gorani Party
The United Gorani Party ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Јединствена Горанска Партија, Jedinstvena Goranska Partija, ) is a Gorani political party in Kosovo. History The Unique Gorani Party was registered by the Kosovo Electoral Commission on 12 May 2014. Representation Since its founding the Unique Gorani Party has won a Gorani Minority reserved seat in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo twice in Kosovo Parliamentary Elections of 2017 and 2019. The Unique Gorani Party is part of Parliamentary Majority in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo and is represented in the Government of Kosovo with one Deputy Minister. At the local government level, taking part in the municipal elections in Municipality of Dragaš, the Unique Gorani Party has won 2 out of 27 seats of the local Assembly. Election results Parliamentary elections See also *Gorani people *Gora (region) *Adem Hodža Adem Hodža (; ; born 16 June 1968) is a Kosovan politician who is currently a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Roma Party Of Kosovo
The United Roma Party of Kosovo (, PREBK, , PRYK) is a political party in Kosovo founded in 2000. It represents the interests of the Romani community in Kosovo. Electoral history At the 2004 parliamentary election, the party won 0.2% of the popular vote and 1 out of 120 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo, held by Zilfi Merdža. In the 2017 elections Africa *2017 Somali presidential election 8 February 2017 *2017 Gambian parliamentary election 6 April 2017 *2017 Algerian legislative election 4 May 2017 *2017 Lesotho general election 3 June 2017 *2017 Republic of the Congo parliamentary electi ... Aljbert Kinoli won a seat in the assembly with the party gaining 955 votes for 0.13% of the vote. In 2018 the United Roma Party joined five other parties in demanding the resignation of Gjergj Dedaj, after he referred to Turkey and Serbia as “cruel rulers” who are seeking to regain their influence in Kosovo. In the 2019 parliamentary election, the party won 0.12% of the popular v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashkali Party For Integration
The Ashkali Party for Integration (, PAI) is an Ashkali political party in Kosovo registered on 5 November 2010. Their headquarters are located in Kosovo Polje. History In the 2010 parliamentary elections the party received 0.2% of the vote and won one of the seats reserved for ethnic minorities. It retained its seat in the 2014, 2017, and 2021 elections. The party came to international attention in early 2021, when the Constitutional Court deemed the vote of PAI MP Etem Arifi during the confirmation of the cabinet invalid. Since this put the cabinet under the necessary majority threshold for confirmation, it led to a snap election A snap election is an election that is called earlier than the one that has been scheduled. Snap elections in parliamentary systems are often called to resolve a political impasse such as a hung parliament where no single political party has a ma .... Election results References 4. https://europeelects.eu/kosovo, Kosovo - Europe Elects Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duda Balje
Duda Balje (born 16 October 1977) is a Kosovar Bosniak politician. A member of the Vakat Coalition, she served as a member of the Kosovan Assembly from 2001 to 2017. She chaired the Commission on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions. Duda Balje has continuously stated that she is against same-sex marriages on the basis that these are her personal opinions and should be understood as such. Personal life Balje holds a Master of Science in business economics and a Ph.D. in human resources management Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize e .... She is married and has three children.. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Balje, Duda 1977 births Living people People from Prizren Kosovan women in politics Kosovan people of Bosniak descent Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Union (Kosovo)
The Social Democratic Union (, SDU) is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing Bosniaks. It was founded by Duda Balje, who is also the party’s only Assembly Member. Balje was a member of the Vakat Coalition in the 2019 parliamentary election, who then later moved to the LDK parliamentary group. The party participated in the 2021 parliamentary elections and won one of the three guaranteed seats for Bosniaks in the Assembly of Kosovo with 2,549 votes. The party ran in the 2021 parliamentary election getting 2,549 votes, initially failing to get any representation in the Assembly. However, the party made a complaint to the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (PZAP in Albanian) over the irregularity of votes received by the Vakat Coalition and the United Community led by Adrijana Hodžić. This complaint was accepted and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel decided to annul 4,205 votes from Serb-majority municipalities. This meant that the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egyptian Liberal Party
The Egyptian Liberal Party (, PLE) is a political party in Kosovo, representing the Egyptian minority.European Centre for Minority Issues Kosovo. Minority Communities' Political Parties in Kosovo’s Changing Political Landscape: the General Elections of June 2014 and their Aftermath'' The party won the reserved seat for Egyptian minority in the Kosovan parliamentary election, 2014, having obtained 1,960 votes (0.27% of the total votes in the election). PLE maintained the same representation in parliament until the 2021 election, during which it lost its sole seat. PLE was represented in the Assembly of Kosovo The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo (; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Скупштина Републике Косово, Skupština Republike Kosovo) or the Kuvendi, is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Kosovo that is directly elected by the peo ... by Veton Berisha.''Telegrafi''. Partia Liberale Egjiptiane, pjesëmarrëse në seancë'' References {{Kosovo-party-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vakat Coalition
The Coalition Vakat (; sometimes translated as the Vakat Coalition) is a Bosniak political coalition in Kosovo founded in June 2004 made up of the Democratic Party of Bosniaks (DSB), Democratic Party Vatan (DSV), and the Bosniak Party of Kosovo (BSK). The coalition uses the colors green, yellow, and sky blue. Its headquarters is located in Prizren Prizren ( sq-definite, Prizreni, ; sr-cyr, Призрен) is the second List of cities and towns in Kosovo, most populous city and Municipalities of Kosovo, municipality of Kosovo and seat of the eponymous municipality and District of Prizren, .... Election results See also *Party of Democratic Action (Kosovo) Notes External linksassembly-kosova.org Bosniak political parties Political parties of minorities in Kosovo Political party alliances in Kosovo {{Kosovo-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
