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Freedom Party of Albania

Albanian political party

Summary

Albanian political party

FieldValue
countryAlbania
nameFreedom Party of Albania
native_namePartia e Lirisë së Shqipërisë
abbreviationPL
colorcode
logoPartia e Lirisë.svg
logo_size150
founderIlir Meta
presidentIlir Meta
leader1_titleParliamentary group leader
leader2_titleGeneral Secretary
leader2_nameTedi Blushi
splitSocialist Party of Albania
foundation
ideology{{ublclass=nowrap
Social democracy{{refn<ref name"CSIS"/}}Social conservatismPro-Europeanism
positionCentre
coloursRed, black and white
headquartersSami Frasheri, Godina 20/10, Tirana
newspaperIntegrimi
nationalBashkë Fitojmë
Alliance for a Magnificent Albania
website
seats1_titleNational Assembly
seats1
seats2_titleMunicipality
seats2

|Social democracy|Social conservatism|Pro-Europeanism Alliance for a Magnificent Albania The Freedom Party (, PL), formerly known as the Socialist Movement for Integration (, LSI), is a social democratic political party in Albania. The party was formed on 6 September 2004, when Ilir Meta defected from the Socialist Party of Albania (PS). A proposal to change its logo, name and other symbols was unanimously approved at the party's National Convention (Congress) on 25 July 2022. The party is seen as more socially conservative than the Socialist Party of Albania.

Through the use of the term "movement", the party attempted to give the message that it is open and inclusive. The other reason for using this term was its intention to differentiate itself from the other parties. It was the first Albanian political party to employ the one member, one vote system in March 2005 to elect its leader, Ilir Meta.

Elections

At the 2005 parliamentary election the party won five seats in the Albanian Parliament with 8.4% of the vote. The party was mostly supported by the Albanian youth at the 2005 elections. At the 2009 parliamentary election it won four seats with 4.8% of the vote. The party along with PSV91 became the determining parties to form the government coalition. In June 2009 the PL allied with the centre-right Democratic Party of Albania (PD) to form the government coalition.

PL successfully increased its share of the vote in the 2013 parliamentary election, winning 16 seats with 10.4% of the vote.

ElectionLeaderVotes%Seats+/–RankGovernment200520092013201720212025
Ilir Meta112,4498.24New5th
73,6784.8513rd
180,47010.46123rd
Petrit Vasili225,90114.2833rd
Monika Kryemadhi107,5216.81153rd
Ilir MetaPart of ASHMPart of ASHM03rd

Leader of the party

Ilir Meta founded the party and remained Leader of the Party until 30 April 2017. On 28 April 2017 he was elected the 7th President of Albania and left the Party. Petrit Vasili, a prominent figure inside the party served as the party leader, until 29 June, resigning after the election results. Monika Kryemadhi, Meta's wife, was then voted in as party leader. Although she is the spouse of then-President Meta, she refused to take the honorific position of the First Lady of Albania, conceding the post to her oldest daughter. On 25 July 2022, Meta returned to the party as leader after his presidency had ended. Subsequently, the party's name was changed to the Freedom Party.

#ChairmanBorn–DiedTerm startTerm endTime in office123(1)
Ilir Meta[[File:Ilir Meta (portrait) (cropped).jpg80px]]1969–6 September 20045 May 2017
Petrit Vasili[[File:Petrit-Vasili-17.12.2016.jpg80px]]1958–5 May 20175 July 2017
Monika Kryemadhi[[File:Monika kryemadhi (cropped).jpg80px]]1974–5 July 201725 July 2022
Ilir Meta[[File:Ilir Meta (2023).jpg80px]]1969–25 July 2022present

References

References

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