Freedom Party of Albania

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Freedom Party of Albania
Partia e Lirisë së Shqipërisë
AbbreviationPL
PresidentIlir Meta[1]
General SecretaryTedi Blushi
FounderIlir Meta[2]
Founded6 September 2004; 21 years ago (2004-09-06)[2][3]
Split fromSocialist Party of Albania[2][4]
HeadquartersSami Frasheri, Godina 20/10, Tirana
NewspaperIntegrimi
Ideology
Political positionCentre[10]
National affiliationBashkë Fitojmë
Alliance for a Magnificent Albania
Colours      Red, black and white
National Assembly
4 / 140
Municipality
1 / 61
Website
partiaelirise.al

The Freedom Party (Albanian: Partia e Lirisë, PL), formerly known as the Socialist Movement for Integration (Albanian: Lëvizja Socialiste për Integrim, LSI), is a social democratic political party in Albania.[5] The party was formed on 6 September 2004, when Ilir Meta defected from the Socialist Party of Albania (PS).[11][12][13] 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.[citation needed]

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.[14] It was the first Albanian political party to employ the one member, one vote system in March 2005 to elect its leader, Ilir Meta.[14]

Elections

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At the 2005 parliamentary election the party won five seats in the Albanian Parliament with 8.4% of the vote.[4] The party was mostly supported by the Albanian youth at the 2005 elections.[15] At the 2009 parliamentary election it won four seats with 4.8% of the vote.[12] The party along with PSV91 became the determining parties to form the government coalition.[16] In June 2009 the PL allied with the centre-right Democratic Party of Albania (PD) to form the government coalition.[12][17]

PL successfully increased its share of the vote in the 2013 parliamentary election, winning 16 seats with 10.4% of the vote.[4]

Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Rank Government
2005 Ilir Meta 112,449 8.24
5 / 140
 New 5th Opposition
2009 73,678 4.85
4 / 140
 Decrease 1 Increase 3rd Coalition[a]
2013 180,470 10.46
16 / 140
 Increase 12 Steady 3rd Coalition
2017 Petrit Vasili 225,901 14.28
19 / 140
 Increase 3 Steady 3rd Opposition
2021 Monika Kryemadhi 107,521 6.81
4 / 140
 Decrease 15 Steady 3rd Opposition
2025 Ilir Meta Part of ASHM Part of ASHM
4 / 140
 Steady 0 Steady 3rd Opposition

Leader of the party

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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.[18] 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.[19]

# Chairman Born–Died Term start Term end Time in office
1 Ilir Meta File:Ilir Meta (portrait) (cropped).jpg 1969– 6 September 2004 5 May 2017 12 years, 241 days
2 Petrit Vasili File:Petrit-Vasili-17.12.2016.jpg 1958– 5 May 2017 5 July 2017 61 days
3 Monika Kryemadhi File:Monika kryemadhi (cropped).jpg 1974– 5 July 2017 25 July 2022 5 years, 20 days
(1) Ilir Meta File:Ilir Meta (2023).jpg 1969– 25 July 2022 present 3 years, 303 days

References

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  1. ^ Left the Berisha II Government on April 23, 2013
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