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Enver Hoxha

1908–1985 · 20th century

Enver Hoxha was the communist ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. A founder and first secretary of the Albanian Communist Party in 1941, he led the Partisans to victory in 1944 and built a Stalinist dictatorship. Breaking in turn with Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and China, he left Albania deeply isolated, and in 1967 he declared it the world's first atheist state.

Enver Hoxha
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Mentioned in 3 state histories

Albanian Kingdom (1939-1943)Albanian Kingdom (1943-1944)People's Socialist Republic of Albania

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