Mayor of Gjilan

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Mayor of Gjilan
Incumbent
Lutfi Haziri [1]
since 3 November 2013
Member of Gjilan Assembly
Reports to Gjilan Assembly
Residence No official residence
AppointerElectorate of Gjilan
Term length Four years (unlimited number of renewals)
Precursor Qemajl Mustafa
Formation28 November 2000
First holder Ismajl Kurteshi
Deputy Rexhep Kadriu
Website kk.rks-gov.net/gjilan/President/President-profile.aspx

The Mayor of Gjilan is the head of the City of Gjilan (city in Republic of Kosovo). The mayor acts on behalf of the City, and performs an executive function in the City of Gjilan. The majority of population is Albanian, but there are also smaller communities including Bosniaks, Serbs, Romani and others. The surface of Gjilan is 392 km². Gjilan is known as the center of cultural, economical developments. Since 2013 the current Mayor is Lutfi Haziri. [2]

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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

#PortraitName
(Born-Died)
Term of officePartyTerm
1 Partia Demokratike e Kosoves.svg Ismajl Kurteshi
28 October 200026 October 2002
Democratic Party of Kosovo First
2 Lutfi Haziri
(b. 1964)
26 October 200214 December 2007
Democratic League of Kosovo First
3 Partia Demokratike e Kosoves.svg Qemajl Mustafa
(b. 1951)
14 December 200726 December 2013
Democratic Party of Kosovo 2 terms in a row
4 Lutfi Haziri
(b. 1978)
26 December 201322 November 2021 Democratic League of Kosovo Second
Source: KQZ

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References

  1. "President". Gjilan Official Website.
  2. "City Profile".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)