The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (, AAK) is a right-leaningPolitical Parties in Kosova – Profile and Ideology, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 2008 political party in Kosovo.
Leadership The party was formed on 29 April 2001 after having previously operated as a coalition of five parties since 2 May 2000. The founder of the party is Ramush Haradinaj. Since 24 May 2026, the party has been led by Ardian Gjini. In December 2004 the parliament elected him as Prime Minister of Kosovo and he formed a coalition government with the largest party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He resigned as Prime Minister in March 2005 after learning that he had been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, for 37 counts of war crimes. He received a full acquittal from the Tribunal on 3 April 2008. He returned to Kosovo and immediately resumed his duties as president of the party.
The AAK currently has three deputy presidents: Blerim Shala, Naim Maloku and Ahmet Isufi.
The current Secretary General is Burim Ramadani and the Secretary of Organisation is Ibrahim Selmanaj.
Chairman of the AAK, 2001–present # President Born–Died Term start Term end Time in office 1 Ramush Haradinaj 1968– 29 April 2001 24 May 2026 2 Ardian Gjini 1970– 24 May 2026 Incumbent
In Parliament At the last legislative elections held on 17 November 2007, the alliance won 9.6% of the popular vote and 10 out of 120 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo, which made it the fifth largest political force. This was a gain on the previous two legislative elections in 2001 and 2004 in which the AAK won 7.8% and 8.4% of the popular vote, respectively.
The AAK's eight current members of parliament are: Ramush Haradinaj, who is the leader of AAK, Shemsedin Dreshaj, Besnik Tahiri, Bekë Berisha, Pal Lekaj, Albena Reshitaj, Albana Bytyqi and Time Kadrijaj also serves as the AAK's member of the Assembly Presidency.
Currently they are part of the opposition team together with PDK, LDK and the Serb List
Local elections At the municipal elections held on 17 November 2007, the AAK gained control of 3 municipalities in western Kosovo: Peja, Gjakova and Deçan.
At the municipal elections held on 15 November 2007, the party gained 8 of 37 municipalities of Kosovo.
Political position AAK has been described as a pro-European and right-leaning party. Party leader Ramush Haradinaj announced his party's support for the passage of a Civil Code legalising same-sex civil unions, in spite of his personal support "for traditional families—father, mother, [and] child."
Party name and symbols The party flag is red, black and white. White represents peace; red and black are the national colours of the 96% Albanian majority of Kosovo.
The choice of the party's name, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) is explained in Ramush Haradinaj's second book. Whereas previous Kosovo party acronyms began with consonants, a vowel was chosen for AAK because it seems less harsh and more open. The word "future" was chosen to mark a break with the old communist tendency to reflect backwards upon one's history. Finally, "alliance" was chosen because of its association with the NATO alliance which is much revered in Kosovo for its intervention in the Kosovo War of 1999, and also because it evokes the idea of working together to achieve one's aims. The alliance was originally formed by several smaller parties: People's Movement of Kosovo (Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës - LPK) Parliamentary Party of Kosovo (Partia Parlamentare e Kosovës) Civic Alliance of Kosovo (Aleanca Qytetare e Kosovës) National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës) Party of Albanian National Union (Partia e Unitetit Kombëtar Shqiptar) Albanian Union of Christian Democrats (Unioni Shqiptar Demokristian)
Election results Year Votes %Votes Seats won Position +/– Government 2001 61,688 7.83% 4th 2004 57,931 8.39% 3rd 1 2007 54,611 10.35% 4th 1 2010 77,130 11.04% 4th 2 2014 69,793 9.54% 4th 1 2017 Part of the PAN Coalition 4th 1 2019 96,872 11.51% 4th 3 2021 62,111 7.08% 4th 5 Feb 2025 66,226 7.07% 4th 3 Dec 2025 52,423 5.50% 4th 1
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