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Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha
Socialist-bloc leader Albania Albania 1908–1985 ○ Natural causes

Albania's leader who made isolation and self-reliance state policy

The 1961 rupture with the USSR showed how far a small socialist state could take an ideological break.

He led Albania's communists and anti-occupation resistance, founding the postwar people's republic. He broke diplomatic relations with the USSR in 1961 and later with China, pursuing an independent Stalinist line.

Career timeline
  • 1944–1985First secretary of the Party of Labour and leader of Albania
  • 1961Breaks diplomatic relations with the USSR
  • 1978Break with China