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| | Enver Hoxha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Enver Hoxha, (IPA /ɛn'vɛɾ 'hɔʤa/, October 16, 1908–April 11, 1985) was the leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Communist Albanian Party of Labour. |
 | | Hoxha's death on April 11, 1985 left Albania with a legacy of repression, technological backwardness, isolation, and fear of the outside world. |
 | | As communist party rule weakened throughout Eastern Europe, his succession by Ramiz Alia led to some relaxation in internal and foreign policies, culminating in Albania's abandonment of one-party rule in 1990 and the reformed Socialist Party's defeat in the 1992 elections. |
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