Central Election Commission (Albania)
# Central Election Commission (Albania)

The Central Election Commission (Albanian: Komisioni Qendror i Zgjedhjeve), commonly abbreviated in Albanian as KQZ, is a permanent, non-independent partisan statutory agency responsible for conducting parliamentary and local elections in the Republic of Albania. The commission, which overlooks the local election commissions in the country is made up of 7 party affiliated members representing the distribution of seats in the Albanian Assembly.

## Commissioners

| No. | Name | Term in office | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rexhep Meidani | 1991 | 1992 |
| 2 | Niko Nosi | 1992 | 1992 |
| 3 | Vladimir Kristo | 1992 | 1996 |
| 4 | Nestor Thereska | 1996 | 1997 |
| 5 | Kristaq Kume | 1997 | 2000 |
| After the CEC became a permanent electoral body ||||
| 6 | Fotaq Nano | 12 June 2000 | 26 January 2001 |
| 7 | Ilirjan Celibashi | 10 February 2001 | April 2006 |
| 8 | Çlirim Gjata | April 2006 | 2 February 2009 |
| 9 | Arben Ristani | 2 February 2009 | 3 September 2012 |
| 10 | Lefterije Luzi | 11 October 2012 | 20 September 2016 |
| 11 | Denar Biba | 3 November 2016 | 20 May 2017 |
| 12 | Klement Zguri | 22 May 2017 | 18 September 2020 |
| – | Ilirjan Celibashi | 5 October 2020 | Incumbent |

## CEC members

* Pandeli Varfi (2009–2013)
