“the only religion of Albania is Albanianism”
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Enver Hoxha
Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian politician, revolutionary, and communist political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He served as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 until his death, while concurrently holding membership in its Politburo, chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, and commander-in-chief of the Albanian People'…
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politics · Leader of Albania from 1944 to 1985 · partisan · politician · resistance fighter · also Enver Hoxha, Enver Halil Hoxha, Hoxha
Born 16 October 1908 · Died 11 April 1985 · Q53783
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2026· 14 entries
“You may rest assured, comrades, that come what may in the world at large, our two parties and our two peoples will certainly remain together. They will fight together and they will win together.”
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Periskopi: Eliza Hoxha: VV has silenced the Parliament, and so does the people
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Gazeta Express: Eliza Hoxha: VV has silenced the Parliament and is thus silencing the people
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Gazeta Express: Hoxha: Vetevendosje has silenced the Parliament and is thus silencing the people as well
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Albeu.com: GJKKO Keeps Xhuliano Hoxha in Custody, 31-Year-Old Extradited from Britain over Cannabis Grown in Berat
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Pamfleti: Extradited a day ago from Britain, GJKKO leaves Xhuljano Hoxha in prison
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voxnews.al: Structured criminal and drug trafficking group, Xhuljano Hoxha, extradited from London
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voxnews.al: "Get me out of prison, I've been on the run for 25 years" - Sokol Hoxha seeks freedom after being deported from America for three murders
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Periskopi: Djurd continues debate with Rama and Hoxha: Ibri passes through Albania, concerns addressed by direct parties
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Periskopi: Djurd continúa el debate con Rama y Hoxha: Ibri pasa a través de Albania, preocupaciones abordadas por las partes directas
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RTV21: Vucic's remarks on the Ibar river draw sharp response from Albania's minister Hoxha: Water cannot be used as a tool of political pressure
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cna.al: Extradition of Sokol Hoxha from the USA / The American Embassy in Tirana reacts
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Balkanweb.com: Extradition of Sokol Hoxha, US Embassy: There will be no refuge for criminals and people who try to evade justice by abusing the immigration system
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2024· 1 entry
balkaninsight: Book Review – Enver Hoxha’s Long Shadow: Travels in Albania
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2016· 1 entry
The results of a survey which was conducted by the Institute for Development Research and Alternatives (IDRA) showed that 45% of Albanians believed that Hoxha had a positive impact on the history of Albania, whereas 42%
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2008· 1 entry
That “unpleasant and unwelcome things did happen, but that did not come from above, let alone from Enver”
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1992· 1 entry
Monsignor Dias, the Papal Nuncio for Albania appointed by Pope John Paul II, said that out of the three hundred Catholic priests who were present in Albania prior to the Communists' rise to power, only thirty were still
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1988· 1 entry
Three years after her father's death, and in 1991, it was transformed into a conference centre and an exhibition venue and it was renamed the Pyramid of Tirana
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1985· 1 entry
Died 1985-04-11.
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1983· 1 entry
Albania imported goods which were worth $280 million but it exported goods which were worth $290 million, producing a trade surplus of $10 million
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1982· 1 entry
It attempted to assassinate Enver Hoxha
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1981· 2 entries
Documents were found in a vault which previously belonged to him, and according to them, he would poison Hoxha and assume the leadership of the country, orders which were issued by Yugoslav intelligence
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Hoxha ordered the execution of several party and government officials in a new purge
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1974· 1 entry
Hoxha accused Beqir Balluku, the Minister of the People's Defense and a longtime ally, of being an agent of China and attempting a coup d'état, because Balluku had criticised Hoxha's bunker programme and stated that a U
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1973· 3 entries
Wrote that the Chinese leaders had "cut off their contacts" with Albania, reducing their interactions to merely formal diplomatic exchanges
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Hoxha suffered a heart attack (a myocardial infarction with arrhythmia) from which he never fully recovered
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“degenerated bourgeois culture”
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1971· 1 entry
In which it stated that Albania could not depend on an indefinite flow of aid from China, and in 1972 Albania was advised to "curb its expectations about further Chinese contributions to its economic development"
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1970· 1 entry
This number had risen to 38%, and in 1982 to 46%
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1968· 1 entry
By 1968, Hoxha stated in a speech in that "Religion is a fuel kindling fires of all evils".
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1966· 1 entry
Spearheaded the Cultural and Ideological Revolution, a campaign that, among other things, wished to eliminate the influence of religion on Albanian society
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1960· 1 entry
And the entire nation was expected to have electricity by 1985
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1956· 2 entries
At the Twentieth Party Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Khrushchev condemned Stalin's cult of personality and denounced his predecessor's excesses
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Hoxha called for a resolution which would confirm the existing leading cadre of the Party of Labour
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1950· 2 entries
And 1952, but they were killed or captured by Albanian security forces
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While the number of physicians had not increased, there were four times as many hospital-beds per head, and health expenditure had risen to 5% of the budget, up from 1% before the war
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1948· 2 entries
A border conflict erupted between Albania and Yugoslavia
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(his blood vessels started to deteriorate from here), along with cerebral ischemia, which he was diagnosed with in 1984
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1946· 3 entries
The Jesuit Order was banned and the Franciscans were banned in 1947
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Career landmark: foreign minister (1946–1953).
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As a customs union was formed and Albania's economic plan was decided more by Yugoslavia
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1944· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Defence (1944–1953).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Albania (1944–1954).
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1942· 1 entry
“Call to the Albanian Peasantry”
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1941· 2 entries
“This is a wrong course the Chinese comrades are trying to lead us on to, it is an opportunist road of vacillation and concessions to the Khrushchev traitor group which finds itself in grave difficulties, and is intriguing in order to escape defeat.”
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Career landmark: first secretary (1941–1985).
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1939· 1 entry
And an estimated 15% in the total population in 1946
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1938· 1 entry
4% worked in various sectors of the economy
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1935· 1 entry
Through his ties to the Albanian diaspora community in Paris, he was offered employment as the secretary at the Albanian consulate in Brussels
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1930· 1 entry
Hoxha went to study at the University of Montpellier in Montpellier, France on a state scholarship for botany in the faculty of natural science
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1908· 2 entries
Born 1908-10-16.
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“s rights in 1967: The entire party and country should hurl into the fire and break the neck of anyone who dared trample underfoot the sacred edict of the party on the defense of women”
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