Mayor of Pristina

Mayor of Pristina
Mayor of Pristina
	Coat of Arms of Pristina
	Incumbent; Përparim Rama; since 7 December 2021
Style	Mayor
Member of	City Assembly
Reports to	City Assembly
Residence	No official residence
Term length	4 years, unlimited number of renewals
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Pristina (Albanian: Prishtinë; Serbian: Приштина or Priština) is the head of the City of Pristina (capital of Kosovo). The mayor acts on behalf of the city and performs the executive function in the City of Pristina. In the Preliminary results of the 2011 census the population of Pristina was numbered around 198,000.^[1] The majority of population is Albanian, but there are also smaller communities including Bosniaks, Serbs, Romani and others. The surface of Pristina is 854 km². Pristina is known as the center of cultural, economical and political developments. Since 2021 the current Mayor is Përparim Rama. The city is home of University of Pristina, Pristina International Airport Adem Jashari, the Government Building and the Assembly of Kosovo.

Office[edit]

According to the current legislation, the Mayor is elected along with members of the City Assembly at the direct secret ballot for the period of four years. The Mayor may not be a councilor of the City Assembly.

List of mayors[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Time in office	Party
No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	From	To	Time in office	Party
1.		Salih Gashi (1944–)	28 October 2000 (2000-10-28)	26 October 2002 (2002-10-26)	1 year, 363 days	Democratic League of Kosovo
2.		Ismet Beqiri (1964–)	26 October 2002 (2002-10-26)	14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)	5 years, 49 days
3.		Isa Mustafa (1951–)	14 December 2007 (2007-12-14)	26 December 2013 (2013-12-26)	6 years, 12 days
4.		Shpend Ahmeti (1978–)	26 December 2013 (2013-12-26)	7 December 2021	7 years, 346 days	Vetëvendosje (until 2018) Independent (2018) Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (from 2018)
5.		Përparim Rama (1976–)	7 December 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 138 days	Democratic League of Kosovo

References[edit]

^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links[edit]

Official website (in Albanian, Serbian, and English)

[1] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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