Central Election Commission, Albania
Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve
KQZ Logo
Agency overview
Formed10 June 2000 (2000-06-10)
HeadquartersTirana, Albania
Employees+50[1]
Agency executives
  • Commissioner, Ilirjan Celibashi
  • Deputy Commissioner, Lealba Pelinku
Websitewww.kqz.gov.al

The Central Election Commission (Albanian: Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve), commonly abbreviated in Albanian as KQZ, is a permanent, non-independent partisan statutory agency responsible for conducting parliamentary and local elections in the Republic of Albania. The commission, which overlooks the local election commissions in the country[2] is made up of 7 party affiliated members representing the distribution of seats in the Albanian Assembly.[3]

Commissioners

No. Name
Term in office
1 Rexhep Meidani 1991 1992
2 Niko Nosi 1992 1992
3 Vladimir Kristo 1992 1996
4 Nestor Thereska 1996 1997
5 Kristaq Kume 1997 2000
After the CEC became a permanent electoral body
6 Fotaq Nano 12 June 2000 26 January 2001
7 Ilirjan Celibashi 10 February 2001 April 2006
8 Çlirim Gjata April 2006 2 February 2009
9 Arben Ristani 2 February 2009 3 September 2012
10 Lefterije Luzi 11 October 2012 20 September 2016
11 Denar Biba 3 November 2016 20 May 2017
12 Klement Zguri 22 May 2017 18 September 2020
– Ilirjan Celibashi 5 October 2020 Incumbent

CEC members

Elections

References

  1. ↑ Org Structure
  2. ↑ Manual of KZAZ
  3. ↑ CEC: Members Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "CEC BACKGROUND". cec.org.al. Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve. Retrieved 20 July 2023.


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