Partia Demokratike Shqiptare
| Partia Demokratike Shqiptare | |
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| Party leader | Menduh Thaçi |
| Deputy Chairman | Imer Aliu |
| founding | July 6, 1997 |
| Place of foundation | Tetovo |
| Headquarters | Tetovo |
| Youth organization | Rinia Demokratike Shqiptare |
| Alignment | Albanian nationalism, center- right , anti-communist |
| Colours) | red |
| Parliament seats |
2/120 |
| International connections | International Democratic Union (observer status) |
| Website | www.pdsh.info |
The Partia Demokratike Shqiptare (acronym PDSH ; Macedonian Демократска Партија на Албанците Demokratska Partija na Albancite , in German "Albanian Democratic Party") is a political party of the Albanian population in North Macedonia . It was officially founded on July 6, 1997 in Tetovo and emerged from the merger of the Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Albanians and the Democratic People's Party . The PDSH has been chaired by Menduh Thaçi since 2007 .
ideology
The party sees itself as the guardian of the rights of the Albanian minority. It supports the integration of North Macedonia into the structures of NATO and the European Union .
history
The beginnings of the Partia Demokratike Shqiptare go back to February 13, 1994, when the Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Albanians was founded under its chairman Arbën Xhaferi through a split from the Party for Democratic Prosperity . This party merged on June 11, 1997 with the small Albanian party, the People's Democratic Party under Ilyaz Halimi . On July 6, 1997, the founding party congress took place and the new name was Partia Demokratike Shqiptare . The first party leader was Arbën Xhaferi.
In 2001, party leader Xhaferi was one of the signatories of the Ohrid Framework Agreement , which ended the inter-ethnic conflict in the country .
On June 30, 2007, Menduh Thaçi took over the party leadership . On June 2, 2008, the Democratic Prosperity Party merged with the PDSH under its chairman Abdulhadi Vejseli .
In the parliamentary elections in 2008 , the PDSH received a total of 8.26 percent of the vote and was thus able to secure 11 of the 120 seats. Shortly after the elections, some party members separated and founded the New Democracy , which had four seats in parliament until 2011, while the PDSH had seven MPs. Since the party previously resigned from the coalition government with the VMRO-DPMNE because Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski (chairman of the VMRO-DPMNE) did not recognize the Republic of Kosovo , new elections were announced beforehand. The VMRO-DPMNE then entered into an alliance with the Democratic Union for Integration . Until the next parliamentary elections in 2011, the PDSH was in the opposition together with the Social Democrats and the Party of the European Future .
In the 2011 elections , the PDSH secured 8 of the 123 seats (a total of 5.89 percent of the votes) and has since been back in the opposition.
On August 15, 2012, the former leader of the PDSH, Arbën Xhaferi, died in Skopje after a serious illness .
Party leader
| Start of office | End of office | Surname | Life dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 6, 1997 | June 30, 2007 | Arbën Xhaferi | 1948-2012 |
| June 30, 2007 | - | Menduh Thaçi | * 1965 |
Parliament seats
Since its foundation in 1997, the PDSH has had the following number of members in parliament :
- 1994–1998: 14 parliamentary seats (from 1994 to 1997 as the Party for Democratic Prosperity of the Albanians )
- 1998–2002: 10 parliamentary seats
- 2002–2006: 7 parliamentary seats
- 2006–2008: 11 seats in parliament
- 2008–2011: 5 parliamentary seats
- 2011–2015: 8 parliamentary seats
Relationships
The PDSH has observer status with the International Democratic Union .
Web links
- Official website (Albanian and English)
Individual evidence
- ^ The political program. In: Official website of the ADP. Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
- ^ A b Thede Kahl, Izer Maksuti, Albert Ramaj: The Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia . Facts, analyzes, opinions on interethnic coexistence. In: Viennese Eastern European Studies . tape 23 . Lit Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-7000-0584-9 , ISSN 0946-7246 , Before the storm: Macedonia's Albanians at the end of the 20th century, p. 80-102 .
- ↑ Ohrid Framework Agreement. In: Secretariat for the implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. Retrieved September 26, 2012 (Albanian, PDF file, 91.5 KB).
- ↑ a b c Menduh Thaci zgjidhet kreu i ri i PDSH-se. In: Lajme Dervina. Retrieved September 26, 2012 (Albanian, Internet archive).
- ↑ Bashkohet PDSH PPD. (No longer available online.) In: Televizioni Koha. June 2, 2008, formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 25, 2012 (Albanian). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Early Parliamentary Elections 2008. (No longer available online.) In: Staatliche Wahlkommission. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on September 26, 2012 (English, PDF file, 78.1 KB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Парламентарни избори 2011. (No longer available online.) In: State Election Commission. Archived from the original on January 18, 2017 ; Retrieved September 26, 2012 (Macedonian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Zërijeta Hajro Jajaga: Ndërron jetë Arbën Xhaferi. In: Radio Evropa e Lirë. August 15, 2012, Retrieved September 26, 2012 (Albanian).
- ↑ Deputetët e Kuvendit. (No longer available online.) In: Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia. Archived from the original on January 26, 2013 ; Retrieved September 26, 2012 (Albanian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Members of the IDU. (No longer available online.) In: idu.org. Formerly in the original ; accessed on September 26, 2012 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
