Nisma Social Democrats
| Nisma Social Democrats | |
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| Party leader | Fatmir Limaj |
| founding | February 28, 2014 |
| Place of foundation | Pristina |
| Alignment | Social democratic |
| Parliament seats |
6/120 |
The Nisma Socialdemokrate ( Albanian for "Social Democratic Initiative") is a political party in Kosovo . It was founded on February 28, 2014 by former members of the Partia Demokratike e Kosovës (PDK).
organization
President of the national leadership of the Social Nisma Demokraté Fatmir Limaj , a former commander of the KLA in Kosovo War and between 2008 and 2010 Minister of Transport and Telecommunications in the government cabinet headed by Hashim Thaci ( PDK ).
Jakup Krasniqi is the president of the party's National Council . Before his break with the PDK, Krasniqi held various high offices in this party and in several governments. Krasniqi was the press spokesman for the UÇK and was involved in founding the PDK after the war. From 1989 until the Kosovo War in 1999, Krasniqi was a member of Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës , currently the second largest party in the country.
In addition to Limaj and Krasniqi, Ilaz Sherifi , Imer Ilazi , Xhevdet Bislimi , Izet Ibrahimi , Sejdulla Hoxha , Muharrem Kuçi and Haxhi Shala sit on the party executive committee .
history
The party was founded on February 28, 2014 in the Palace of Youth, Culture and Sport in Pristina , under the name Nisma për Kosovën (Albanian for "Initiative for Kosovo"). The founding members include many politicians from the ranks of the Partia Demokratike e Kosovës, with whom they had previously broken, above all the parliamentary speaker Jakup Krasniqi and the former minister Fatmir Limaj. The reason for the break was various disagreements with the party chairman of the PDK and Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi .
On January 29, 2018, the party congress decided to change the party name. Since then the party has been called Nisma Social Democrats.
stand-in
The party is represented in the parliament of the Republic of Kosovo by the three MPs Fatmir Limaj, Jakup Krasniqi and Haxhi Shala, all of them former members of the PDK.
Web links
- Nisma për Kosovën mbajti tubimin e themelimit të saj (Initiative for Kosovo holds rally for its foundation) . In: Kosova Live 360 news agency ofFebruary 28, 2014 (Albanian)
- Limaj krijon “Nisma për Kosovën” (Limaj founds “Initiative for Kosovo”) . In: Top Channel (online) from February 28, 2014 (Albanian)
- Limaj dhe Krasniqi themelojnë Nismën për Kosovën (Limaj and Krasniqi found the initiative for Kosovo) . In: Zëri from February 28, 2014 (Albanian)