1. The Central Election Commission is composed of 7 members.
2. Any Albanian citizen with the right to vote may be appointed a member of the CEC provided that he or she fulfils these criteria:
a) to be over 30 years old;
b) to have higher education;
c) to have a professional experience of no fewer than 5 years of work, in at least one of the following fields:
i. in the field of law;
ii. in public administration;
iii. in the administration of elections;
iv. as a director of non-profit organizations that have as an object of their activity the protection and promotion of human rights and freedoms, the conduct of democratic elections or public policy;
ç) not to have been convicted of a crime;
d) not to have been a member of any political party during the last 5 years;
dh) not to have been elected a deputy of the Assembly during the last 5 years; e) not to have served in the State Police, in the Armed Forces and in the State
Information Service during the last 5 years;
ë) not to have been dismissed from public administration or from any other public function for a breach of duty.
