Agency Name: | Central Election Commission, Albania |
Nativename: | Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve |
Headquarters: | Tirana, Albania |
Employees: | +50[1] |
Chief1 Name: | Commissioner |
Chief1 Position: | Ilirjan Celibashi |
Chief2 Name: | Deputy Commissioner |
Chief2 Position: | Lealba Pelinku |
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]
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 |
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 |