Enver Hoxha
Enver Hoxha | |
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 Hoxha in 1971 | |
| First Secretary o the Pairty o Labour o Albanie | |
| In office 8 November 1941 – 11 Aprile 1985 | |
| Succeedit bi | Ramiz Alia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 October 1908 Ergiri (the day Gjirokastër), Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Dee'd | 11 Apryle 1985 (aged 76) Tirana, Socialist Fowkrepublic o Albanie |
| Naitionality | Albanie |
| Poleetical pairty | Pairty o Labour o Albanie |
| Spoose(s) | Nexhmije Hoxha |
| Bairns | Ilir Hoxha Sokol Hoxha Pranvera Kolaneci |
| Religion | Nane (atheist) |
Enver Halil Hoxha (pronooncit [ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa] (
listen); 16 October 1908 – 11 Aprile 1985) wis the leader o Albanie frae the end o Warld War II till his daith in 1985, as the First Secretary o the Party o Labour o Albanie. He servit as Prime Meenister o Albanie frae 1944 tae 1954 an aw, Meenister o Defence frae 1944 tae 1953, Meenister o Foreign Affairs frae 1946 tae 1953, Chairman o the Democratic Front frae 1945 tae his daith, an as Commander-in-Chief o the Albanie airmit forces frae 1944 tae his daith.
Hoxha's leadership wis characterisit bi his proclaimit firm adherence tae anti-reveesionist Marxist-Leninism frae the mid 1970s onwards. Efter his break wi Maoism in the 1976–1978 period, numerous Maoist pairties declared thairsels Hoxhaist. The Internaitional Conference o Marxist-Leninist Pairties an Organizations (Unity & Struggle) is the maist weel kent collection o thir pairties the day.