Albania is a parliamentary republic divided into 36 districts
(rrethe) and one municipality (bashki). The Head of state is the
President (term in office five years, with maximum of two
successive terms) who is elected by the unicameral Kuvënd
Popullóre - People's Assembly. Legislative power rests with the
Assembly. Executive power is held by the Council of Ministers,
drawn from the largest party in the Assembly and headed by the
Prime Minister, and by the President of the Republic, who is
elected by the members of the Assembly. A candidate for
President is proposed to the Assembly by a group of not less
than twenty of its members. The President of the Republic is
elected by secret vote and without debate by the Assembly by a
majority of three-fifths of all its members. The People's
Assembly consists of 140 members. One hundred members are
elected directly in single-member electoral zones with an
approximate number of voters and forty members are elected by
proportional representation from party lists. The mem