Sulejman Gjana

Sulejman Gjana, born in Brussels, 15 November 1970, Albanian politician who served as chairman of the Legality Movement Party (Partia Lëvizja e Legalitetit), a monarchist political party in Albania. He led the party from november of 2013 until he stepped down in November of 2017.

Sulejman Gjana was born in Brussels, Belgium, into a family originally from the village of Bicaj in the Kukës County of northern Albania. He completed a degree in trade and consular sciences at ICHEC in Brussels and later earned a master's in business administration.^[1]

Sulejman Gjana was elected chairman of the Legality Movement Party (PLL) during its 18th Party Congress in November 2013, succeeding the previous leadership of Ekrem Spahiu and taking responsibility for guiding the party’s strategy and public activities. During his tenure, Gjana emphasized the party’s monarchist and legalist principles, advocating for the recognition of traditional values and the legacy of the Albanian royal family in political discourse.^[2] He also publicly clarified that PLL would not align it's political fate with the Democratic Party of Albania, asserting the party’s independence in national politics.^[3]

He consistently promoted the independence of the party from larger political coalitions, explicitly distancing the PLL from the Democratic Party of Albania and other mainstream parties to preserve its ideological integrity. In 2017 Gjana withdrew from a coalition with the Democratic Party, citing disagreements over candidate ranking and internal party arrangements.^[4] His leadership also faced internal criticism, some party members called for his resignation.^[5], arguing that the party had diverged from its historical mission. Additionally, the Albanian royal family publicly distanced itself from the party’s leadership under Gjana, highlighting ongoing tensions between PLL leadership and the monarchy’s representatives.^[6]