Xhelal Canziba (born 19 July 1958) is a politician in Kosovo. He was active in Kosovo's parallel institutions in the 1990s and served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2002 to 2007 as a member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
Early life and private career edit
Canziba was born to an Albanian family in Rahovec, in what was then the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija in the People's Republic of Serbia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated in geodesy and is known as an expert in the field.[1][2]
Politician edit
Parallel institutions during the 1990s edit
During the 1990s, most members of the Kosovo Albanian community boycotted Serbian state institutions and took part in parallel governing structures. Canziba was elected to the parallel Kosovo Albanian parliament in the 1992 general election and was recognized as the leader of a parallel municipal authority in Rahovec. At the time, he was a member of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He was imprisoned by Serbian authorities for a time in the 1990s.[3][4]
Since 2000 edit
Canziba received the twenty-eighth position on the Democratic Party of Kosovo's electoral list in the 2001 Kosovan parliamentary election, which was held under closed list proportional representation, and narrowly missed direct election when the list won twenty-six seats.[5] Three members of the PDK's delegation resigned from the assembly in March 2002 after being appointed as cabinet ministers,[6] and Canziba was able to enter the assembly as a replacement. He served as a supporter of Kosovo's coalition government, was first vice-chair of the finance and economy committee, and was a member of the committee for trade and industry and the committee for environment and spatial planning.[7]
He appeared in the lead position on the PDK's list for Rahovec in the 2002 Kosovan local elections. The list won six seats; online reports do not indicate if he took a seat in the municipality assembly.[8][9]
Canziba once again appeared in the twenty-eighth position on the PDK's list in the 2004 parliamentary election and was re-elected when the list won thirty seats.[10][11] The LDK formed a new coalition government with the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) after the election, and the PDK served in opposition. In this term, Canziba served on the committee for agriculture, forestry, rural development, environment, and spatial planning.[12]
Kosovo adopted a system of open list proportional representation for parliamentary elections in 2007. Canziba appeared in the forty-fifth position on the PDK's list, finished eighty-seventh among its candidates, and was not re-elected when the list won thirty-seven seats.[13]
He appeared in the second position on the PDK's list for Rahovec in the 2009 local elections, finished third, and was elected when the list won ten seats.[14][15] He later ran for mayor of Rahovec in a special 2010 by-election and finished a strong third. He was not a candidate in the 2013 local elections and has not returned to active political life since this time.
Canziba left the PDK to join the AAK in 2017.[16][17] He returned to the PDK in 2019.[18]
Electoral record edit
Local (Rahovec) edit
| Candidate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
| Smajl Latifi | Alliance for the Future of Kosovo | 5,267 | 26.71 | 10,713 | 55.76 | |
| Ibrahim Kryeziu | Democratic League of Kosovo | 5,451 | 27.65 | 8,499 | 44.24 | |
| Xhelal Canziba | Democratic Party of Kosovo | 5,234 | 26.55 | |||
| Rexhep Oruqi | New Kosovo Alliance | 3,261 | 16.54 | |||
| Luljeta Kadiri | Democratic League of Dardania | 503 | 2.55 | |||
| Total | 19,716 | 100.00 | 19,212 | 100.00 | ||
| Source: [19][20] | ||||||
References edit
- ^ First Legislation Period (17.11.2001 – 23.11.2004) – Xhelal Canziba, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Xhelal Canziba i bashkohet AAK-së", Rahoveci 24, 25 April 2017, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Sqarime të detajuara për të vërtetën e “përjashtimit” të Ukshin Hotit nga LDK-ja dhe për punën e shkëlqyer të degës së LDK-së në Rahovec", Fokusi, 1 July 2018, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Rikujtesë me shkas në 30 vjetorin e themelimit të Qeverisë komunale në Rahovec", Drini, 14 January 2022, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ ZGJEDHJET – 2001 – Lista e kandidatëve të PDK-së për deputet, Archived 2002-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, Democratic Party of Kosovo, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ "KOSOVO PROVISIONAL SELF GOVERNMENT FORMED", United Nations Information Service Vienna, 4 March 2002, accessed 5 February 2024. Bajram Rexhepi, Jakup Krasniqi, and Ali Jakupi had previously been members of the assembly.
- ^ First Legislation Period (17.11.2001 – 23.11.2004) – Committees, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDE KOMUNALE 2002 – Fletëvotimet dhe listat e kandidatëve (Rahovec), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 18 January 2022.
- ^ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2002 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 4 February 2022.
- ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVENDIN E KOSOVËS 2004 – Fletëvotimi për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004 (Lista e Kandidatëve për Zgjedhjet për Kuvend të Kosovës 2004), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 21 January 2022.
- ^ Periudha e dytë Legjislative (23.11.2004 – 12.12.2007) – Xhelal Canziba, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ Second Legislation Period (23.11.2004 – 12.12.2007) – Committees, Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ ZGJEDHJET PËR KUVEND TË REPUBLIKËS SË KOSOVËS 2007 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 18, accessed 15 January 2022.
- ^ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e subjekteve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 17.
- ^ Zgjedhjet për Kuvende Komunale 2009 – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Rezultatet e të gjithë kandidatëve sipas komunave), Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, p. 122.
- ^ "Xhelal Canziba i bashkohet AAK-së", Rahoveci 24, 25 April 2017, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Eksperti i gjeodezisë i bashkohet AAK-së", Ekonomia Online, 24 April 2017, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ "Xhelal Canziba rikthehet në PDK", Ekonomia Online, 2 October 2019, accessed 5 February 2024.
- ^ ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE RAHOVEC – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i parë) – Rezultatet e kandidatëve për Kryetar Komune, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 3 February 2024.
- ^ ZGJEDHJET E JASHTËZAKONSHME PËR KRYETAR KOMUNE RAHOVEC – Rezultatet dhe Statistikat (Raundi i dytë) – Rezultatet e kandidatëve për Kryetar Komune, Central Election Commission, Republic of Kosovo, accessed 3 February 2024.