Enver Hoxha
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Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian politician, revolutionary, and communist political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He served as the First Secretary of the P
Official portrait, 1968
The site of the house where Hoxha grew up in Gjirokastër; the original home was lost to a fire in the 1960s
Hoxha at the age of 18
Hoxha in uniform, 1940
Ramiz Alia
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Ramiz Alia was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albani
Enver Hoxha
…with arrhythmia) from which he never fully recovered. In increasingly precarious health from the late-1970s onwards, he handed most state functions to Ramiz Alia. In his final days, he used a wheelchair and he suffered from diabetes, which he was diagnosed with in 1948 (his blood vessels started to deteriorate…
Official portrait, 1985