Vasil Sterjovski, a seasoned Macedonian rights activist from Albania, is being named member of the Albanian Parliament.

Sterjovski’s Macedonian Alliance for European Integration was part of the coalition led by now President Ilir Meta in the 2017 elections. It’s expected that Sterjovski will give his oath in a week from now.

He is the first declared ethnic Macedonian – member of the Albanian Parliament following the collapse of Communism.