Albania

Parliament

Historical data on women

Data on women’s right to vote and to stand for election, the date at which the first woman entered parliament, and female Heads of State or Government

Women's suffrage

Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1920
National or local Suffrage: National or Local
National
Notes Suffrage: Additional Notes on right of suffrage
ABJ! 1920 refers to the LUSHNJE Constitution in reply of 1995 and the formation of the first Republic of Albania. 1944 corresponds an important law on the Electoral System
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1920
Notes Stand for Election: Additional Notes on right to stand for election
According to parliament reply from 1995, Albania created a parliament in 1920 and gave women the right to vote and stand for election; however see Suffrage
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament Year in which first woman entered parliament
1945
First woman speaker
Year of first woman speaker Date at which, for the first time in the country's parliamentary history, a woman became Presiding Officer of Parliament or of one of its Houses.
2005