The Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (, PSD) is a political party in Kosovo.
The party was established on 10 February 1990 by Kaqusha Jashari as the successor party to the former League of Communists of Kosovo, a Serbian provincial branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia. Jashari was among the fellow LKK members that were purged during the Anti-bureaucratic revolution in late 1988. It was the second political party to be established in the newly pluralist Kosovo.Partia Social Demokrate
Leadership The current leader of the party is Dardan Molliqaj. He was chosen at the party's meeting on 15 December 2019.
Presidents of the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo (1990–present) # President Born–died Term start Term end 1 Shkëlzen Maliqi 1947– 10 February 1990 1993 2 Kaqusha Jashari 1946–2025 1993 10 April 2008 3 Agim Çeku 1960– 10 April 2008 16 January 2013 4 Majlinda Nushi 1981– 23 February 2013 9 May 2018 5 Shpend Ahmeti 1978– 9 May 2018 15 December 2019 6 Dardan Molliqaj 1985– 15 December 2019 Incumbent
In Parliament PSD participated in the elections of 2017 in a coalition with PDK, AAK and Nisma, but failed to get any seat in the parliament. The party was represented in parliament by 12 MP's, who all dissolved into the party from the Group of the Independent Deputies, a group of former members of the Vetëvendosje movement. Dardan Sejdiu was the head of the parliamentary group.
In the elections of 2019, PSD participated as part of a coalition with AAK. PSD did not win any seats and many of its members, including Fisnik Ismaili, Dardan Sejdiu, and former president of the party Shpend Ahmeti resigned and left the party.
Political position and ideology According to its charter, the PSD is a social-democratic political party, which would position it on the center-left.
In the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, PSD position themselves as Pro-Palestinian & describe Israel on their website, as a "colonialist" & "terror state".
Election results Parliamentary elections Year Leader Votes % votes Seats +/– Government status 1992 Shkëlzen Maliqi 6,064 0.81% New 2001Kaqusha Jashari 1,785 0.23% 0 2004 2,107 0.31% 0 2007Did not contest 0 2010 Agim Çeku 0 2014Did not contest 0 2017 Majlinda Nushi 0 2019 Shpend Ahmeti 0 2021Did not contest 0 Feb 2025Did not contest 0 Dec 2025Did not contest 0 2026 Dardan Molliqaj 2,084 0.26% 0
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