Enver Hoxha

Book Information

• Released: 2013-09
• Pages: 28
• Language: en
• ISBN-10:1230787933
• ISBN-13:9781230787930

Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 27. Chapters: Anti-Revisionism, Enver Hoxha Museum, Hoxhaism, Massacre of 1951 in Albania, Nexhmije Hoxha, Soviet-Albanian split. Excerpt: Enver Hoxha (.); 16 October 1908 - 11 April 1985) was the Communist dictator of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania and commander-in-chief of the armed forces from 1944 until his death. He served as Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as foreign minister and defence minister as well. Hoxha's reign was characterized by hermit-like isolation from the rest of Europe, forced labour camps, political murders and his proclaimed firm adherence to anti-revisionist Marxism-Leninism from the mid-1970s onwards. After his break with Maoism in the 1976-1978 period, numerous Maoist parties declared themselves Hoxhaist. The International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations (Unity & Struggle), a marginal group with little following, is the most known collection of these parties today. The house where Hoxha grew up in GjirokasterHoxha was born in Gjirokaster, a city in southern Albania (then under the Ottoman Empire) that has been home to many prominent families. He was the son of Halil Hoxha, a Bektashi Tosk cloth merchant who travelled widely across Europe and the United States and Gjylihan (Gjylo) Hoxha. At age 16 he helped found and became secretary of the Students Society of Gjirokaster, which protested against the monarchist government. After the government closed the Society was closed, he moved to Korce, continuing his studies in a French secondary school. There he learned French history, literature and philosophy. In this city he read for the first time the Communist Manifesto. Enver Hoxha at age 18In 1930, Hoxha... (Source: Google Books API)