Fatos Nano, a man from the intelligentsia, was elected the new chairman.Nano, Rexhina. "Te jetosh kohen", pp. 230. Nano helped to reform the old Communist party and made it a member of the Socialist International. A faction of the party, led by Ilir Meta, split away from the PS in 2004 and formed the Socialist Movement for Integration (Lëvizja Socialiste për Integrim, LSI).
