Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha
First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania
	In office; 8 November 1941 – 11 April 1985
Succeeded by	Ramiz Alia
2nd Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Albania
	In office; 24 October 1944 – 18 July 1954
Preceded by	Ibrahim Biçakçiu (as Prime Minister of Albania)
Succeeded by	Mehmet Shehu
Personal details
Born	16 October 1908; Ergiri (Gjirokastër), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 April 1985 (aged 76); Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Nationality	Albanian
Political party	Party of Labour of Albania
Spouse(s)	Nexhmije Hoxha
Children	Ilir; Sokol; Pranvera

Enver Halil Hoxha (Albanian pronunciation: [ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa] (listen); 16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian politician who was the prime minister of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. His title was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was a Communist and many regard him as a dictator.

Early lifeEdit

Hoxha was born in Gjirokastër, a city in southern Albania (then under the Ottoman Empire) that has been home to many prominent families. He was the son of Halil Hoxha, a Bektashi Tosk cloth merchant who traveled widely across Europe and the United States and Gjylihan (Gjylo) Hoxha. He was raised a member of a wealthy Muslim family of landowners and merchants.^[1] He went to the best schools in Albania in the 1920s. He was given one of the few scholarships to a foreign college. In 1931 he attended the University of Montpellier in France.^[1] He lost his scholarship in 1934 for poor performance and moved to Paris.^[1]

Near the end of World War II he became the Prime Minister of Albania.^[2]

ReferencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Balkan Strongmen: Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of South Eastern Europe ed. Bernd Jürgen Fischer (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2007), pp. 241–242
↑ Gillian Gloyer, Albania (Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides, 2012), p. 16

Political offices
Preceded by New creation	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Albania 1944–1954	Succeeded by Mehmet Shehu
Preceded by Omer Nishani	Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania 1946–1953	Succeeded by Behar Shtylla

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[Fischer241-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Balkan Strongmen: Dictators and Authoritarian Rulers of South Eastern Europe ed. Bernd Jürgen Fischer (West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2007), pp. 241–242

[2] Gillian Gloyer, Albania (Chalfont St. Peter: Bradt Travel Guides, 2012), p. 16

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Persondata
Name	Hoxha, Enver
Alternative names	Hoxha, Enver Halil
Short description	Albanian politician and general
Date of birth	16 October 1908
Place of birth	Ergiri (today Gjirokastër), Yanya Province, Ottoman Empire
Date of death	11 April 1985
Place of death	Tirana, Albania

Enver Hoxha


First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania
In office 8 November 1941 – 11 April 1985
Succeeded by	Ramiz Alia
2nd Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Albania
In office 24 October 1944 – 18 July 1954
Preceded by	Ibrahim Biçakçiu (as Prime Minister of Albania)
Succeeded by	Mehmet Shehu

Personal details
Born	(1908-10-16)16 October 1908 Ergiri (Gjirokastër), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	11 April 1985(1985-04-11) (aged 76) Tirana, People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Nationality	Albanian
Political party	Party of Labour of Albania
Spouse(s)	Nexhmije Hoxha
Children	Ilir Sokol Pranvera