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The Alternative Alternativa
President	Mimoza Kusari-Lila
Deputy president	Ilir Deda
Founders	Mimoza Kusari-Lila Ilir Deda
Founded	February 8, 2017 (2017-02-08)
Registered	July 24, 2017
Split from	New Kosovo Alliance Vetëvendosje
Headquarters	Pristina, Kosovo
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre
Colours	Dark blue, Gold
Assembly	1 / 120
Mayors	0 / 38
Municipal councils	8 / 994
Website
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The Alternative (Albanian: Alternativa) is a liberal political party in Kosovo.

History

Ilir Deda was elected MP for Vetëvendosje in the parliamentary election of 2014. However, during the anti-governmental protests in Kosovo in 2015–16, Deda became a loud critic of his party's support for the acts of violence towards government officials and therefore left the party on 2 April 2016. Similarly, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, former Minister of Trade and Industry and Deputy Prime Minister for the New Kosovo Alliance and current mayor of Gjakova left her party in May 2016 due to the conflicts within the party and ideological differences and decided to join Deda's "new initiative".

Officially launched on 8 February 2017 by MP Ilir Deda and Mayor of Gjakova Mimoza Kusari-Lila in Mitrovica, and on 13 May 2017, General Council of Alternativa decided that Mimoza Kusari-Lila would be president of the party and Ilir Deda would be deputy president of the party.

Presidents (2017–present)

#	President		Born–Died	Term start	Term end
1	Vacant			8 February 2017	13 May 2017
2	Mimoza Kusari-Lila		1975–	13 May 2017	Incumbent

Ideology

In an interview, Kusari-Lila mentioned that human rights are the main importance and priority of the party, thus individual rights.

Election results

References

1. ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2019). "Kosovo". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 30 December 2020.
2. "Ilir Deda largohet nga Lëvizja Vetëvendosje" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 25 April 2016.
3. "Mimoza Kusari Lila largohet nga AKR, ja ku do të shkojë". Albeu.com (in Albanian). 3 May 2016.
4. "Alternativa" nis rrugëtimin nga Mitrovica (Video)" (in Albanian). Kosova Press. 8 February 2017.
5. "Mimoza Kusari kryetare e Alternativës" (in Albanian). Telegrafi. 13 May 2017.
6. "Emisioni "Komiteti Qendror" - Mysafir: Mimoza Kusari dhe Ilir Deda" (in Albanian). Gazeta Express. 9 February 2017.

External links

• The Alternative (Kosovo) at Facebook
• The Alternative (Kosovo) at Instagram

• 2017 establishments in Kosovo
• Centrist parties in Kosovo
• Liberal parties in Kosovo
• Political parties established in 2017
• Political parties in Kosovo