Democratic Party of Albania
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Democratic Party of Albania
Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë |
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| Albanian name | Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë |
| Leader | Lulzim Basha |
| Leader of the Parliamentary Group | Edi Paloka |
| General Secretary | Arben Ristani |
| Founder | Sali Berisha |
| Founded | 12 December 1990 |
| Headquarters | Bulevardi Zhan'dark 11, 1000, Tirana, Albania |
| Newspaper | Rilindja Demokratike |
| Youth wing | Forumi Rinor i Partise Demokratike, Alternatives: Young Democrats or Young Conservatives. |
| Membership (1991) | 34,892 |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Liberal conservatism Pro-Europeanism Moderate Nationalism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| European affiliation | European People's Party (Full member) |
| International affiliation |
Centrist Democrat International, International Democrat Union |
| Slogan | Ne jemi ndryshimi, përpara! (We are the change, forward!) |
| National Assembly |
49 / 140
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| Municipality |
15 / 61
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| Website | |
| http://www.pd.al/ | |
The Democratic Party of Albania (Albanian: Partia Demokratike e Shqipërisë, PD) is a conservativepolitical party in Albania. The party became the leading party in the governing coalition following the 2005 parliamentary elections. It is an observer member of the European People's Party (EPP) and a full member of the International Democrat Union and Centrist Democrat International.Rilindja Demokratike is the party's official newspaper.
The party was founded on 12 December 1990 by Avdyl Matoshi, Azem Hajdari, Sali Berisha and Gramoz Pashko.Arben Imami, Edmond Budina, Eduard Selami, Genc Ruli, Merita Zaloshnja and Aleksandër Meksi also took part in the early activities of the party. It was the first opposition party after they were legalized.
The party came to power in 1992 after winning the 1992 parliamentary election under the leadership of Sali Berisha and Aleksander Meksi and ruled until 1997. The government resigned in 1997 following a scandal over massive corruption during which a civil war nearly broke out. It was part of the Union for Victory (Bashkimi për Fitoren) coalition, which received 37.1 percent of the vote in the 2001 elections and 46 members of parliament.
In the 2005 parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party won 56 of the 140 seats and its allies won 18 under the call Time for Changes (Koha per Ndryshim). Two other parties also joined the new coalition (PAA of the left wing & PBDNJ of the Greek minority, with 4 and 2 seats, respectively). This meant that with a combined total of 79 seats, the Democratic Party and its allies were able to form a government with Sali Berisha becoming Prime Minister. One of his priorities was Albanian integration to NATO, an objective he accomplished in 2009 when Albania and Croatia were accepted as members.
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