The Republic of Kosovo is an independent, sovereign, democratic, unique and indivisible state. The Republic of Kosovo is a state of its citizens. The Republic of Kosovo exercises its authority based on the respect for human rights and freedoms of its citizens and all other individuals within its borders.
The Republic of Kosovo is a multi-ethnic society consisting of Albanian and other Communities, governed democratically with full respect for the rule of law through its legislative, executive and judicial institutions. The exercise of public authority in the Republic of Kosovo is based upon the principles of equality of all individuals before the law and with full respect for internationally recognized fundamental human rights and freedoms, as well as protection of the rights of and participation by all Communities and their members.
Kosovo is a democratic Republic based on the principle of separation of powers and the checks and balances among them as provided in the Constitution.
Executive branch
The President of the Republic of Kosovo represents the unity of the people. The President of the Republic of Kosovo is the legitimate representative of the country, internally and externally, and is the guarantor of the democratic functioning of the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, as provided in the Constitution. At present the President of Kosovo is Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu elected on his second term on 10 February 2006.
The Government of the Republic of Kosovo is responsible for implementation of laws and state policies and is subject to parliamentarian control. The highest executive authority is the Prime Minister of Kosovo.
The current Government of the Republic of Kosovo comprises the prime minister, the deputy prime ministers as well as ministers. Hashim Thaçi is the Prime Minister of Kosovo and head of the Government. The ruling parties in Kosovo are the Democratic Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Kosovës, PDK) and Democratic League of Kosovo (Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës, LDK)
Legislative branch
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo exercises the legislative power.
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. The Assembly includes twenty reserved seats: 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.
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