Tirana Municipal Council

City Council of Tirana

Këshilli Bashkiak i Tiranës
City Council of Tirana ; Këshilli Bashkiak i Tiranës
2019-
Type
Type	Local government of the municipality of Tirana
Leadership
Mayor	Erion Veliaj, Socialist Party of Albania ; since 2015
Structure
Seats	61
Political groups	Socialist (34); Together We Win (15); Democratic (4); Social Democratic (3); Republican (1); PDIU (1); Nisma Thurje (1); LZhK (1); Bashkë (1);

The Municipal Council of Tirana (Albanian: Këshilli Bashkiak i Tiranës) is the legislative body of Tirana, Albania.^[1] As of 2019 it consists of 61 members who serve a 4-year term.^[1] The members of the council are elected in local elections and the last elections were won by the Socialist Party. The member of the council elects the Chairman of the council. During the 2019–2021 Albanian political crisis members from the opposition had boycotted the election. Which resulted in a Socialist Party landslide.^[2] Around the split of the opposition Democratic Party of Albania many democrats would join Together We Win coalition.

Committees

Tirana's City Council consists of 61 members. It has 14 committees listed as follows:^[1]

Finance Committee (7 members)
Juridical Committee (5 members)
Commission of Economy and Social Affairs (5 members)
Education Committee (5 members)
Committee on Health, Veterinary, Environment Protection (5 members)
Public Services Committee (5 members) Territorial Adjustment Committee (5 members)
Foreign Affairs Committee (5 members)
Mandates Commission (5 members)
Commission of Public Order and Civil Defense (5 members)
Housing Committee (5 members)
Commission of Culture, Youth and Sports (5 members)
Audit Commission (5 members)
Assessment Commission figures City (7 members)

Composition of the council

Following the Albanian local elections, 2023, the composition of the Council of Tirana is as follows:^[3]

	Abbr.	Seats
Socialist Party of Albania Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë	PS	34
Together We Win Bashkë Fitojmë	BF	15
Democratic Party of Albania Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë	PD	4
Social Democratic Party of Albania Partia Socialdemokrate e Shqipërisë	PSD	3
Republican Party of Albania Partia Republikane e Shqipërisë	PR	1
Party for Justice, Integration and Unity Partia Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet	PDIU	1
Hashtag Initiative Nisma Thurje	NTH	1
Movement for National Development Lëvizja për Zhvillim Kombëtar	LZHK	1
Movement Together Lëvizja Bashkë	BASHKE	1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Këshilli Bashkiak e Tiranës". Tirana.gov.al.
^ "VIDEO : Albanian opposition in mass resignation move to demand fresh elections". euronews. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
^ "HartaKQZ". 2019-07-05. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 2022-06-06.

[KB-1] "Këshilli Bashkiak e Tiranës". Tirana.gov.al.

[2] "VIDEO : Albanian opposition in mass resignation move to demand fresh elections". euronews. Retrieved 2022-06-06.

[3] "HartaKQZ". 2019-07-05. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 2022-06-06.

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