Social Democratic Party of Kosovo Partia Socialdemokrate e Kosovës | |
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| President | Dardan Molliqaj |
| Founder | Kaqusha Jashari |
| Founded | 10 February 1990 (1990-02-10) |
| Preceded by | League of Communists of Kosovo |
| Headquarters | Pristina, Kosovo |
| Ideology | Social democracy Pro-Europeanism[1] |
| Political position | Centre-left[2] |
| Colours | Red |
| Assembly | 0 / 120 |
| Municipality | 0 / 38 |
| Councillors | 6 / 994 |
| Website | |
| https://psd-ks.com/ | |
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| Constitution and law |
The Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (Albanian: Partia Socialdemokrate e Kosovës, PSD) is a political party in Kosovo.
The party was established on 10 February 1990 by Kaqusha Jashari as the successor party to the former League of Communists of Kosovo, a Serbian provincial branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Jashari was among the fellow LKK members that were purged during the Anti-bureaucratic revolution in late 1988. It was the second political party to be established in the newly pluralist Kosovo.[3][4]
Leadership
The current leader of the party is Dardan Molliqaj. He was chosen at the party's meeting on 15 December 2019.[5]
Presidents of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (1990–present)
| # | President | Born–died | Term start | Term end | |
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| 1 | Shkëlzen Maliqi |  | 1947– | 10 February 1990 | 1993 |
| 2 | Kaqusha Jashari | 1946–2025 | 1993 | 10 April 2008 | |
| 3 | Agim Çeku |  | 1960– | 10 April 2008 | 16 January 2013 |
| 4 | Majlinda Nushi | 1981– | 23 February 2013 | 9 May 2018 | |
| 5 | Shpend Ahmeti | .jpg) | 1978– | 9 May 2018 | 15 December 2019 |
| 6 | Dardan Molliqaj | .jpg) | 1985– | 15 December 2019 | Incumbent |
In Parliament
PSD participated in the elections of 2017 in a coalition with PDK, AAK and Nisma, but failed to get any seat in the parliament. The party was represented in parliament by 12 MP's, who all dissolved into the party from the Group of the Independent Deputies, a group of former members of the Vetëvendosje movement.[6] Dardan Sejdiu was the head of the parliamentary group.
In the elections of 2019, PSD participated as part of a coalition with AAK. PSD did not win any seats and many of its members, including Fisnik Ismaili, Dardan Sejdiu, and former president of the party Shpend Ahmeti resigned and left the party.
Political position and ideology
According to its charter, the PSD is a social-democratic political party, which would position it on the center-left.
In the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, PSD position themselves as Pro-Palestinian & describe Israel on their website, as a "colonialist" & "terror state".[7]
References
- Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Kosovo". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020.
- "Kosovo | European Election Watch". Center for Strategic and International Studies. 2019.
- Partia Social Demokrate Archived 21 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Milosavljević, Olivera (2003). "Antibirokratska revolucija 1987-1989. godine". In Graovac, Igor; Fleck, Hans-Georg (eds.). Dijalog povjesničara – istoričara 8, Zadar (PDF) (in Serbian). Zagreb, Croatia: Political Science Research Centre Ltd. (PSRC) for Scientific Research Work / Zaklada Friedrich-Naumann. ISBN 953-6922-06-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- "Zyrtare: Dardan Molliqaj kryetar i PSD-së – Indeksonline.net".
- "Partia e Kaqusha Jasharit marrëveshje politike me Grupin e Deputetëve të Pavarur". kallxo.com (in Albanian). 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- "Palestina është çështje e lirisë e pikëpamje për botën!" [Palestine is a matter of freedom and world view!]. Partia Socialdemokrate e Kosovës (in Albanian). 11 May 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2024.