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Enver Hoxha

1908 - 1985

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Enver Hoxha (Albanian: [ɛnˈvɛɾ ˈhɔdʒa] ; 16 October 1908 – 11 April 1985) was an Albanian politician who was the ruler 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enver Hoxha has received more than 3,634,391 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Enver Hoxha is the 239th most popular politician (up from 242nd in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Albania and the 2nd 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

Among politicians, Enver Hoxha ranks 239 out of 15,577Before him are Konrad Adenauer, Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, Olof Palme, Ashurbanipal, Puyi, and Mars. After him are Emperor Meiji, Georgy Zhukov, James VI and I, Şehzade Bayezid, Woodrow Wilson, and Helmut Kohl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Enver Hoxha ranks 6Before him are Simone de Beauvoir, Oskar Schindler, Abraham Maslow, James Stewart, and Salvador Allende. After him are Claude Lévi-Strauss, Herbert von Karajan, Lyndon B. Johnson, Otto Skorzeny, Ian Fleming, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Among people deceased in 1985, Enver Hoxha ranks 2Before him is Marc Chagall. After him are Konstantin Chernenko, Yul Brynner, Heinrich Böll, Orson Welles, Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Italo Calvino, László Bíró, Simone Signoret, and Rock Hudson.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Enver Hoxha ranks 2 out of 111Before him are Skanderbeg (1405). After him are Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Zog I of Albania (1895), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Ramiz Alia (1924), Ismail Kadare (1936), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), and Koca Sinan Pasha (1520).

Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Enver Hoxha ranks 2Before him are Skanderbeg (1405). After him are Safiye Sultan (1550), Anastasius I Dicorus (430), Ali Pasha of Ioannina (1750), Zog I of Albania (1895), Kara Ahmed Pasha (1450), Ramiz Alia (1924), Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), and Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483).