Mayor of Gjilan

The Mayor of Gjilan is the head of the City of Gjilan (city in Republic of Kosovo). The mayor acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Gjilan. The majority of population is Albanian, but there are also smaller communities including Bosniaks, Serbs, Romani and others. The surface of Gjilan is 392 km². Gjilan is known as the center of cultural, economical developments. Since 2013 the current mayor is Lutfi Haziri.^[2]

Mayor of Gjilan
Incumbent Lutfi Haziri[1] since 3 November 2013
Member of	Gjilan Assembly
Reports to	Gjilan Assembly
Residence	No official residence
Appointer	Electorate of Gjilan
Term length	Four years (unlimited number of renewals)
Precursor	Qemajl Mustafa
Formation	28 November 2000
First holder	Ismajl Kurteshi
Deputy	Rexhep Kadriu
Website	kk.rks-gov.net/gjilan/President/President-profile.aspx

Office

According to the current legislation, the mayor is elected along with members of the City Assembly at the direct secret ballot for the period of four years. The Mayor may not be a councilor of the City Assembly.

List of mayors

#	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Party	Term
1		Ismajl Kurteshi	28 October 2000	26 October 2002	Democratic Party of Kosovo	First
2		Lutfi Haziri (b. 1964)	26 October 2002	14 December 2007	Democratic League of Kosovo	First
3		Qemajl Mustafa (b. 1951)	14 December 2007	26 December 2013	Democratic Party of Kosovo	2 terms in a row
4		Lutfi Haziri (b. 1978)	26 December 2013	22 November 2021	Democratic League of Kosovo	Second
Source: KQZ

References

1. "President". Gjilan Official Website.
2. "City Profile". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)