Central Election Commission (Albania)

"KQZ" redirects here. For the language with that iso-639-3 code, see Khoemana.

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]

Central Election Commission, Albania

Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve
KQZ Logo
Agency overview
Formed	10 June 2000 (2000-06-10)
Headquarters	Tirana, Albania
Employees	+50[1]
Agency executives	Commissioner, Ilirjan Celibashi Deputy Commissioner, Lealba Pelinku
Website	kqz.gov.al

Commissioners

No.	Name	Term in office
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
After the CEC became a permanent electoral body
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

CEC members

• Pandeli Varfi (2009–2013)^[4]

Elections

For a complete list of elections, see List of elections in Albania.

References

1. Org Structure^{[permanent dead link]}
2. Manual of KZAZ^{[permanent dead link]}
3. CEC: Members Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
4. "CEC BACKGROUND". cec.org.al. Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve. Retrieved 20 July 2023.