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Enver Hoxha

1908 - 1985

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Enver Halil Hoxha (UK: HOJ-ə, US: HAW-jah; Albanian: [ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa] ; 16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian communist revolutionary and politician 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 was both foreign minister and defence minister of the country. Hoxha was born in Gjirokastër near Greece in 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enver Hoxha is the 267th most popular politician (down from 229th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Albania (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Albanian Politician.

Enver Hoxha was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He is most famous for turning Albania into a communist state, and for his isolationist policies.

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Among politicians, Enver Hoxha ranks 267 out of 19,576. Before him are Anastasius I Dicorus, Saparmurat Niyazov, Golda Meir, Æthelwulf, King of Wessex, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, and Mehmed IV. After him are Konrad Adenauer, Frederick IX of Denmark, Paul von Hindenburg, Mehmed I, Elagabalus, and Olav V of Norway.

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Among people born in 1908, Enver Hoxha ranks 3. Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, and James Stewart. After him are Oskar Schindler, Salvador Allende, Abraham Maslow, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Lyndon B. Johnson, Herbert von Karajan, Lev Landau, Otto Skorzeny, and Amon Göth. Among people deceased in 1985, Enver Hoxha ranks 2. Before him is Marc Chagall. After him are Konstantin Chernenko, Yul Brynner, Heinrich Böll, Charles Francis Richter, Macfarlane Burnet, Orson Welles, Rodney Robert Porter, Italo Calvino, Fernand Braudel, and Carl Schmitt.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Enver Hoxha ranks 3 out of 150. Before him are Skanderbeg (1405), and Anastasius I Dicorus (430). After him are Zog I of Albania (1895), Safiye Sultan (1550), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Ismail Kadare (1936), Charles III of Naples (1345), Sali Berisha (1944), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), and Ismail Qemali (1844).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Enver Hoxha ranks 3. Before him are Skanderbeg (1405), and Anastasius I Dicorus (430). After him are Zog I of Albania (1895), Safiye Sultan (1550), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Charles III of Naples (1345), Sali Berisha (1944), Prince Marko (1335), Ramiz Alia (1924), Ismail Qemali (1844), and Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450).

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