Central Election Commission (Albania)

Central Election Commission, Albania

Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve
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Agency overview
Formed	June 10, 2000
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Employees	+50[1]
Website	www.cec.org.al

The Central Election Commission of Albania (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. Its chairman as of 2011 was Arben Ristani, while his predecessor was Çlirim Gjata. Today, the chairwoman is Lefterije Lleshi (Luzi).

The Central Election Commission of Albania overlooks the local KZAZ.^[2]

Members

The Commission is made up of 7 party affiliated members representing the distribution of seats in the Albanian Assembly. As of November 2013, there are 3 vacancies, and the members are:^[3]

Members	Post	Party
Lefterije Lleshi	Chairwoman	Independent
Hysen Osmanaj	Vice-chairman	Democratic party
Vera Shtjefni	Member	Democratic party
Klement Zguri	Member	Democratic party

References

1. Org Structure
2. Manual of KZAZ
3. CEC: Members

External links

• Official website (Albanian)