Enver Hoxha
Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian communist revolutionary, statesman, Marxist–Leninist political theorist, and dictator who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 until his death, a member of its Politburo, chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, and commander-in-chief of the Albanian People's Army. He was the twenty-second prime minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as his own foreign minister and defence minister.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Gjirokastër
- Educated at
- University of MontpellierMoscow State Linguistic UniversityCommunist University of the Toilers of the EastMarx-Engels-Lenin InstituteAlbanian National Lyceum
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the Partisan Star🏆 Hero of Socialist Labour🏆 Order of Suvorov, 1st class🏆 Order of the Flag🏆 Hero of Albania
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"In order to continuously strengthen the defence of our country, it is necessary that we keep the military preparedness of all structures at a high level and perfect it day by day."
"I know about your system of democracy, but in that system the workers 'hold keys of straw', as an expression of ours puts it. It is democracy for the capitalists, for the lords, but not for the worker…"
"Our people, small in numbers, have fought during their whole existence. have fought too, but the wars of our two people have been of different characters. Our country has been invaded many times, but …"
"The entire Party and country should wake up, throw into the flames and twist the neck of any one who tramples underfoot the sacred law of the Party in defense of the rights of women and girls."
"The views of Tito and his associates showed from the very beginning that they were far from being “hard-line Marxists”, as the bourgeoisie calls the consistent Marxists, but “reasonable Marxists”, who…"
"The world socialist system, which includes in its fold over 1 billion people with a big economic and military potential continually growing at unprecedented rates, has become today the decisive factor…"
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Timeline
1908
Born
Birth1985
Died
Death
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