Partia Shqiptare Demokristiane e Kosovës (PSHDK) is the party that embraces Christian Democrat ideals in Kosovo, although not all of its members are Catholic is the case in other countries. In the last elections it won 2 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo. The founder and present leader of PSHDK is Academic Mark Krasniqi. The Albanian Demochristian Party of Kosovo is a close ally of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), consequently, the first post-war minister of transport and telecommunications of the Kosovo Government was a member of PSHDK. The Albanian Demochristian Party of Kosovo platform promotes an independent, free, and democratic Kosovo. Christian Democracy is a political ideology, born at the end of the 19th century, largely as a result of the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum of Pope Leo XIII, in which the Vatican recognizes workers misery and agrees that something should be done about it, in reaction to the rise of... Kosovo (disambiguation). ... Assembly of Kosovo (Serbian Скупштина Косова; Albanian Kuvendi i Kosovës) is the highest provisional self-government and representative and law making institution of Kosovo. ... Lidhja Demokratike e Kosovës (LDK), is the largest political party in Kosovo with 47 seats in the Assembly of Kosovo. ... Qeveria e Kosovës is the body that governs Kosovo and it is elected by the Assembly of Kosovo. ... A political platform is a list of the principles which a political party supports in order to appeal to the general public for the purpose of having said partys candidates voted into office. ...