The following lists events that happened during

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 Nor ...

in the People's Republic of Albania.

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Mehdi Frashëri Mehdi bey Frashëri (28 February 1872 – 25 May 1963) was an Albanian intellectual and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Albania in the 1930s and as Chairman of the Provisional Administration Committee in the Albanian puppet governm ...

, '' Chairman of the High Council'' (until 28 November),

Omer Nishani Omer Nishani (5 February 1887 – 26 May 1954) was an Albanian medical doctor and political figure involved first in the struggle against Ahmet Zogu (known after 1928 as King Zog) in the 1920s and 1930s, and then in the struggle against the fasci ...

, '' Chairman of the Presidium'' (starting 26 May) *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

: Rexhep Bej Mitrovica (until 18 July),

Fiqri Dine Colonel Fiqri Dine (5 May 1897 or 3 August 1897 – 26 November 1960) was Prime Minister of Albania under Nazi Germany government under Nazi Germany. He was the chieftain of the Dine clan from Debar.Albania's national liberation struggle: the bit ...

(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 Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

met to organize an Albanian government and appointed

Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...

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 government with

. ;November * The Communists entered the capital in the wake of a German withdrawal. ;December * Communist provisional government adopts laws allowing state regulation of commercial enterprises, foreign and domestic trade.

Births

* 12 January -

Fatos Kongoli Fatos Kongoli (born January 12, 1944) has recently become one of the most forceful and convincing representatives of contemporary Albanian prose. Biography He was born and raised in Elbasan and studied at the Qemal Stafa High School, in Tirana, A ...

, writer * 17 August -

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 ...

, politician, former President of Albania * 6 September - Skënder Hyka, footballer * 15 October -

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 ...

, cardiologist and politician, former President and Prime minister of Albania

Deaths

* 23 January - Rauf Fico, diplomat and politician * February - Fuat Dibra, politician * 1 February - Vasil Shanto, one of the founders of the

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 o ...

* 5 March - Ismail Ndroqi, politician and philosopher * 7 August - Skënder Muço, lawyer and leader of

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 move ...

* September - Llazar Fundo, communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer

References

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