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Politics of Kosovo


The Politics of Kosovo takes place in a framework of a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Kosovo is the head of government, and the President of Kosovo is the head of state. Executive power is exercised by the Executive of Kosovo. Legislative power is vested in both the Executive and the Assembly of Kosovo. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

The Executive of Kosovo is the collection of Kosovo institutions that exercises executive authority in Kosovo. It is headed by the Prime Minister of Kosovo, and also includes the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and various ministers. The President of Kosovo also plays a role.

Isa Mustafa is the Prime Minister of Kosovo and head of government. Atifete Jahjaga is the President of Kosovo and head of state. The ruling parties in Kosovo are the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).

The Assembly of Kosovo (Kuvendi i Kosovës) has 120 members elected for a four-year term. According to its Constitution,The Republic of Kosovo shall have an [Assembly consisting of 120 members. The Assembly includes twenty reserved seats: ten for Kosovar Serbs and ten for non-Serb minorities (e.g., Bosniak, Roma, etc.). Kosovo has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.


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