Alliance for the Future of Kosovo

Alliance for the Future of Kosovo

Leader	Ramush Haradinaj
Founded	29 April 2001
Headquarters	Pristina, Kosovo
Ideology	Conservatism^[1] Albanian nationalism Pro-Europeanism^[2] Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right^[3]
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Red, Black
Assembly	11 / 120
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The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (Albanian: Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës, AAK) is a political party in Kosovo. It was formed on 29 April 2001.

Leadership

The current president of the party is Ramush Haradinaj. In December 2004 the parliament elected him as Prime Minister of Kosovo and he formed a coalition government with the largest party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He resigned as Prime Minister in March 2005 after learning that he had been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, for 37 counts of war crimes. He received a full acquittal from the Tribunal on 3 April 2008. He returned to Kosovo and immediately resumed his duties as president of the party.

The AAK currently has three deputy presidents: Blerim Shala, Naim Maloku and Ahmet Isufi.

The current Secretary General is Burim Ramadani and the Secretary of Organisation is Ibrahim Selmanaj.

In Parliament

At the last legislative elections held on 17 November 2007, the alliance won 9.6% of the popular vote and 10 out of 120 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo, which made it the fifth largest political force. This was a gain on the previous two legislative elections in 2001 and 2004 in which the AAK won 7.8% and 8.4% of the popular vote, respectively.

The AAK's eleven current members of parliament are: Ardian Gjini, who is the leader of the parliamentary caucus, Ahmet Isufi, Daut Haradinaj, Kimete Bajraktari, Burim Ramadani, Bali Muharremaj, Donika Kadaj, Blerim Shala, Teuta Haxhiu, Ramiz Kelmendi and Time Kadrijaj also serves as the AAK's member of the Assembly Presidency.

Local elections

At the municipal elections held on 17 November 2007, the AAK gained control of 3 municipalities in western Kosovo: Peć, Đakovica and Deçan.

At the municipal elections held on 15 November 2007, the party gained 8 of 37 municipalities of Kosovo.

Political position

AAK is located slightly to the right on the political spectrum.

The party flag is red, black and white. White represents peace; red and black are the national colours of the 90% Albanian majority of Kosovo.

The choice of the party's name, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) is explained in Ramush Haradinaj's second book. Whereas previous Kosovo party acronyms began with consonants, a vowel was chosen for AAK because it seems less harsh and more open. The word "future" was chosen to mark a break with the old communist tendency to reflect backwards upon one's history. Finally, "alliance" was chosen because of its association with the NATO alliance which is much revered in Kosovo for its intervention in the Kosovo War of 1999, and also because of it evokes the idea of working together to achieve one's aims.

The alliance was originally formed by several smaller parties:

People's Movement of Kosovo (Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës - LPK)
Parliamentary Party of Kosovo (Partia Parlamentare e Kosovës)
Civic Alliance of Kosovo (Aleanca Qytetare e Kosovës)
National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës)
Party of Albanian National Union (Partia e Unitetit Kombëtar Shqiptar)
Albanian Union of Christian Democrats (Unioni Shqiptar Demokristian)

References

↑ http://www.parties-and-elections.eu/kosovo.html
↑ "Kosovo: early elections to be held June 8". ANSA. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
↑ Birnbaum, Ben (19 October 2010). "Kosovo's 1st ballot since break from Serbia". The Washington Times. Retrieved 8 June 2014.

External links

Aleanca për Ardhmërinë e Kosovës The official website

Political parties in Kosovo

Albanian parties	Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Initiative for Kosovo Democratic League of Kosovo Democratic Party of Kosovo Justice Party Liberal Party of Kosovo Movement for Unification New Kosovo Alliance Partia e Fortë (Strong Party) Social Democratic Party of Kosovo Vetëvendosje (Self-Determination)

Serbian parties	Serb List Civic Initiative Serbia Independent Liberal Party New Democracy Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party Serb People's Party Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija

Minority parties	Civic Initiative of Gora Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo Democratic Party of the Macedonians New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo Party of Democratic Action Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo United Roma Party of Kosovo Vakat Coalition

Defunct parties	Džemijet Movement for Integration and Unification National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo New Spirit Party People's Movement of Kosovo Reformist Party ORA Democratic League of Dardania

Related topics	List of ruling political parties by country Politics of Kosovo

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