"40 Years of Socialist Albania", an Albanian publication from 1984 describes how during his four-decade rule, he focused on rebuilding the country, which was left in ruins after World War II, building Albania's first railway line, raising the adult literacy rate from 5% to 98%, wiping out epidemics, electrifying the country and leading Albania towards becoming agriculturally self-sufficient. Less than two years after the liberation of the country, the monarchy was abolished, King Zog was deposed and Hoxha rose to power as the head of state of Albania. The Yugoslav Partisans assisted the Albanians. Hoxha was elected First Secretary in March 1943 at the age of 34. Following Italy's invasion of Albania, he joined the Party of Labour of Albania at its creation in 1941. He served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as foreign minister and defence minister as well.īorn in Gjirokastër in 1908, Hoxha became a teacher in grammar school in 1936. He was chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, commander-in-chief of the armed forces from 1944 until his death. Enver Hoxha was an Albanian communist politician who served as the head of state of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania.
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