New Democratic Spirit

New Democratic Spirit
Fryma e Re Demokratike

Leader	Bamir Topi
Founder	Gazmend Oketa
Founded	April 30, 2012 (2012-04-30)
Split from	Democratic Party of Albania
Ideology	Liberal conservatism, Conservatism, Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-right
National Assembly	0 / 140
Municipality	0 / 65
Communes	0 / 309
Website
www.frd.al
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The New Democratic Spirit (Albanian: Fryma e Re Demokratike) is a center-right, conservative, political party in Albania. New Democratic Spirit was created by Gazmend Oketa, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister of the Republic of Albania and other former members of the Democratic Party of Albania. Albanian media call it "the President's Party", referring to Albanian President Bamir Topi.

Headquarters

The party's headquarters is located in the center of Tirana, 80 metres (260 ft) from the Albanian parliament.

Person	Period
Gazmend Oketa	30 April 2012 – 7 September 2012
Bamir Topi^[1]	7 September 2012 – current

Major	Socialist Party of Albania (65) Democratic Party of Albania (50)

Minor	Socialist Movement for Integration (16) Party for Justice, Integration and Unity (4) Republican Party of Albania (3) Unity for Human Rights Party (1) Christian Democratic Party of Albania (1)

Non-parliamentary

Defunct