Mayor of Pristina

The Mayor of Pristina (Albanian: Prishtinë; Serbian: Приштина or Priština) is the head of the City of Pristina (capital of Kosovo). He or she acts on behalf of the City, and performs an 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 2013 the current Mayor is Shpend Ahmeti. The city is home of Universiteti i Prishtinës, Pristina International Airport, the Government Building and the Parliament of Kosovo.

Mayor of Pristina
Coat of Arms of Pristina
Incumbent Shpend Ahmeti since 26 December 2013
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

Office

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

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office		Time in office	Party
			From	To
1.		Salih Gashi (1944–)	28 October 2000	26 October 2002	1 year, 363 days	Democratic League of Kosovo
2.		Ismet Beqiri (1964–)	26 October 2002	14 December 2007	5 years, 49 days
3.		Isa Mustafa (1951–)	14 December 2007	26 December 2013	6 years, 12 days
4.		Shpend Ahmeti (1978–)	26 December 2013	Incumbent	7 years, 45 days	Vetëvendosje (until 2018) Independent (2018) Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (from 2018)

References

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

External links

• Official website (in Albanian, Serbian, and English)