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1944 In Albania
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the People's Republic of Albania. Incumbents *President: Mehdi Frashëri, '' Chairman of the High Council'' (until 28 November), Omer Nishani, '' Chairman of the Presidium'' (starting 26 May) *Prime Minister: Rexhep Bej Mitrovica (until 18 July), Fiqri Dine (18 July - 29 August), Ibrahim Biçakçiu (29 August - 28 November), Enver Hoxha (starting 22 October) Events ;January * The National Liberation Movement, supplied with British weapons, gained control of southern Albania. ;May * The Communists met to organize an Albanian government and appointed Hoxha chairman of the executive committee and supreme commander of the National Liberation Movement.Albania timeline BBC, A chronology of key events: 1944, news.bbc.co.uk ;October * Communists establish provisional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * January 14 – WWII: Sovi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rexhep Meidani
Rexhep Qemal Meidani (; born on 17 August 1944) is an Albanian physics professor, diplomat and politician. Meidani was the 4th President of Albania from 1997 to 2002, and the second to be elected after the first multi-party elections in 1991. Early life, education and career He graduated from the University of Tirana (1966), Faculty of Natural Sciences, Branch Physics, as well as successfully accomplished the postgraduate studies in the University of Caen (France) (1974). Meidani holds PhDs from University of Paris XI and the University of Tirana. With regard to the professional area, Meidani held various positions at the University of Tirana between (1966–1996) including: professor, chair of the department and later as the dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. During this time span, Meidani published a number of studies, books and articles inside and outside of Albania. Along with Eqrem Cabej and Nelson Cabej, Meidani has been considered one of the leading academics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 In Albania
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the People's Republic of Albania. Incumbents *President: Mehdi Frashëri, '' Chairman of the High Council'' (until 28 November), Omer Nishani, '' Chairman of the Presidium'' (starting 26 May) *Prime Minister: Rexhep Bej Mitrovica (until 18 July), Fiqri Dine (18 July - 29 August), Ibrahim Biçakçiu (29 August - 28 November), Enver Hoxha (starting 22 October) Events ;January * The National Liberation Movement, supplied with British weapons, gained control of southern Albania. ;May * The Communists met to organize an Albanian government and appointed Hoxha chairman of the executive committee and supreme commander of the National Liberation Movement.Albania timeline BBC, A chronology of key events: 1944, news.bbc.co.uk ;October * Communists establish provisional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llazar Fundo
Llazar (Zai) Fundo (born March 20, 1899 in Görice, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire died September 20, 1944 in Kukës, Albania) was an Albanian Communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer. He was a former member of the Comintern and the Balkan Communist Federation. He was associated with the Fan S. Noli government in 1924 and became the leader of the ''Bashkimi'' organization after the death of Avni Rustemi in 1924. In 1928 he helped establish the Korçë Communist Group. In the fierce rivalry for power control within the Communist Party, he was branded a Trotskyist and purged from the party. Biography Fundo was born in Görice (now Korçë, Albania) to a family of merchants originating from Moscopole, of Aromanian origin. He attended the French Lycée of Salonica and later studied law in Paris, France. He was the mentor to other Albanian Communist students in Paris, including future Albanian leader Enver Hoxha, to whom he taught law. Return to Albania in 1924 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balli Kombëtar
The Balli Kombëtar (literally ''National Front''), known as Balli, was an Albanian nationalist, collaborationist and anti-communist resistance movement during the Second World War. It was led by Ali Këlcyra and by Midhat Frashëri. The movement was formed by members from the landowning elite, liberal nationalists opposed to communism and other sectors of society in Albania.... The motto of the Balli Kombëtar was: "'" (Albania for the Albanians, Death to the Traitors). Eventually the Balli Kombëtar joined the Nazi established puppet government and fought as an ally against communist guerrilla groups. The Balli Kombëtar engaged in significant acts of terror culminating in atrocities committed against Serb and Greek civilians. History Although Këlcyra and Frashëri had initiated opposition actions against the Italian authorities almost from the beginning of the fascist occupation in 1939, they had practically not developed any military organization for open struggle agains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skënder Muço
Skënder Muço (1904–1944) was an Albanian lawyer and leader of Balli Kombëtar, one of the most important resistance organizations in Albania during World War II. Along with Musine Kokalari Muço founded the first social democratic party of Albania in 1943. In 1944 he was ambushed by German troops near Vlorë and executed three days later. Early life Skënder Muço was born in Tragjas, Ottoman Empire, in 1904. His father, Daut, was an activist of the Albanian National Awakening, while his uncle, Alem Tragjasi, had fought in the Vlora War. Muço initially studied in San Demetrio Corone, Calabria, and later graduated from the faculty of law of the University of Bologna. In 1932 he was arrested and sentenced to death because of his participation in the nationalist and anti-monarchist organization ''Lëvizja e Vlorës'' ( en, Vlora Movement), but his sentence was eventually reduced after public pressure on the government. When Albania was occupied by Italy he took part in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ismail Ndroqi
Ismail Ndroqi (1876–1944) was an Albanians, Albanian politician and philosopher. He was the mayor of Tirana from 1917 to 1922. Life Born in 1876 in Tiranë, capital of modern Albania, he came from a family that was active in the Albanian Revolt of 1843–1844 and that of Albanian Revolt of 1847, 1847. After finishing his studies in the medrese, Madrasah ǧāmiʿah of Istanbul, he returned to Albania. A supporter of Ismail Qemali, he was one of the local leaders of Tirana during the Albanian Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence of Albania. Ndroqi's support of Qemali invoked the hostility of Essad Pasha Toptani, who in order to decrease Ndroqi's influence, arranged for him to be reappointed as mufti of Shijak in 1913 and Kavajë in 1914. In 1916 he was elected mayor of Tiranë, replacing Servet Libohova, a post Ndroqi held from 1917 to 1922. During his term as mayor, several schools and the first hospital and orphanage of the city were founded. Ndroqi was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Communist Party
The Party of Labour of Albania ( sq, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded on 8 November 1941 as the Communist Party of Albania (, PKSh) but changed its name in 1948. The party was dissolved on 13 June 1991 and succeeded by the Socialist Party of Albania. For most of its existence, the party was dominated by its First Secretary, Enver Hoxha, who was also the ''de facto'' leader of Albania. Background In the 1920s, Albania was the only Balkan country without a communist party. The first Albanian communists emerged from the followers of Albanian clergyman and politician Fan S. Noli. Once in Moscow, they formed the National Revolutionary Committee and became affiliated to the Comintern. In August 1928, the first Albanian Communist Party was formed in the Soviet Union. The most prominent figure of the party was Ali Kel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasil Shanto
Vasil Shanto (17 August 1913 – 1 February 1944), called Vasko was one of the founders of the Albanian Communist Party. He was the leader, along with Qemal Stafa, of the Shkodër communist group. One of the delegates of the party, he was frequently sent to meet with the Yugoslavian Communist Party. Early life Shanto was born on August 17, 1913, in Shkodër. His family owned a bakery in Shkodër, and hailed from Struga. Prior to World War II, the family had a bakery in Tirana. In 1928, he joined the (early) Albanian Communist Party. He worked as a baker. World War II At the time of the Italian invasion of Albania (April 7–12, 1939), the Shkodër communist group included Qemal Stafa, a student, Shanto, an artisan, Liri Gega, an intellectual, Imer Dishnica, a doctor, Zef Mala and others. The leaders were Mala, Shanto, Stafa and Themelko. The Shkodër group's activities also spanned over Kosovo and western Macedonia, and the organization included several emigrants from Gjako ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fuat Dibra
Fuad bey Dibra (1886–1944) was an Albanian politician and nationalist who represented Albania at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. He was a member of the High Regency Council. Biography Early life Fuad Dibra was born in Dibër (present-day Debar) to a wealthy landowning family and was the son of Ismail Pasha. He attended a commercial school in Salonika (present-day Thessaloniki). As a man of substantial means, he largely financed the expense of the Albanian delegation at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, which he also attended himself with Pandeli Evangjeli. He is said to have owned several restaurants in Paris. He had been of great assistance to the Albanian delegation at the Peace Conference of 1919-1920, but was misled into believing that Albania could be defended against the aggression of her Balkan neighbors. Political period In the 1920s, Dibra was in political opposition to Ahmet Zogu. He served as minister of national economy in the cabinet of Mustafa Kruja. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rauf Fico
Abdurrauf Fico (1881–1944), also known as Rauf Fitso Bey was an Albanian ambassador and politician. Early life Rauf Fico was born in Sanaa, to Tahmaz Fico of the Fico family of Gjirokastër and Hava Buzo from Berat. After finishing high school in Shkodra, he continued his studies in Vienna and later at the Mekteb-i Mülkiye. Political career In 1912, Fico joined Vlora's government as a councillor in the Ministry of the Interior. In 1916, he served as vice-prefect of Tiranë. During his tenure as vice-prefect, Fico, along with co-founders Zyber Hallulli, Mytesim Këlliçi, Luigj Shala, and Xhelal Toptani, co-founded Streha Vorfnore, the city's first public orphanage on November 28, 1917, the date of the fifth anniversary of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. In 1918, he was one of the initiators of the Congress of Tiranë—together with Abdi Toptani and Ismail Ndroqi—which along with the Congress of Durrës later that same year, established the continuity of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sali Berisha
Sali Ram Berisha (; born 15 October 1944) is an Albanian conservative politician and former cardiologist who served as the second President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and Prime Minister from 2005 to 2013. He is also the current chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania which has been disputed. On 9 September 2021 Berisha was expelled by party chairman Lulzim Basha from the Democratic Party's Parliamentary Group due to legal issues with the US Department of State. This decision led to Berisha starting a nation-wide movement to remove Basha as leader of the Democratic Party, causing a major rift in the party's internal structures, between Berisha's and Basha's supporters. Early life and career Berisha was born in Viçidol, then Tropojë District, in northern Albania, to a Muslim family of mountain farmers. As a child, he tended sheep. After his father became a functionary of the Party of Labour of Albania, Berisha enjoyed a higher education and was then able to study m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
