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Politics of Kosovo

The politics of Kosovo takes place in a framework of a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the president (Presidenti) is the head of state and the prime minister (Kryeministri) the head of government. Parliamentary elections are held every four years, the most recent in 2025.

The executive power is exercised by the government (Qeveria), presided over by the prime minister. Legislative power is vested in both the executive and the parliament (Kuvendi). The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.

The Executive of Kosovo is the collection of Kosovo institutions that exercises executive authority in Kosovo. It is headed by the prime minister of Kosovo, and also includes the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers, and various ministers. The president of Kosovo also plays a role.

Albin Kurti is the prime minister of Kosovo and head of government. Vjosa Osmani is the acting president of Kosovo and head of state. The ruling parties are Vetëvendosje (LVV), Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).

The Assembly of Kosovo (Kuvendi i Kosovës) has 120 members elected for a four-year term. According to the Constitution, Kosovo shall have an Assembly consisting of 120 members. It includes twenty reserved seats which are ten for Kosovar Serbs and ten for non-Serb minorities (e.g., Bosniak, Roma, etc.). Kosovo has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The Assembly passes all laws in Kosovo, ratifies international treaties, appoints the president, prime minister, ministers, and justices of all courts, adopts the budget and performs other duties as established by the Constitution. The Parliament can pass a vote of no-confidence on the Government by a majority of the members.

The Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo was established in 1945 as an autonomous entity within the People's Republic of Serbia. Under the 1974 constitution, Kosovo obtained extensive autonomy, and became one of the subjects of the Yugoslav federation.

On 5 July 1989 this extensive autonomy was largely revoked by Slobodan Milošević's administration and the amount of autonomy of Kosovo had been restored to its pre-1974 status. On 28 September 1990, the name of the province was reverted to Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija.

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