"Free Albania" National Committee
| Komiteti Kombëtar "Shqipëria e Lirë" | |
Logo of the Committee, as appeared on the cover of its official newspaper "Shqiperia"
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| Abbreviation | FAC |
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| Motto | Për Shqipëri! Për Liri! Për Flamurin Kuq e Zi! |
| Predecessor |
Balli Kombëtar Legaliteti Lidhja Agrare Lidhja Katundare Independent anti-Communist guerrillas |
| Formation | 7 July 1949 |
| Extinction | 1992 |
| Purpose | Overthrowing the Communist regime in Albania (1944-1992) |
| Headquarters | Paris, NYC |
| Services | Political engagement, subversion, intelligence support, financial support |
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Chairman
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Mithat Frashëri (initial) Hasan Dosti Rexhep Krasniqi |
| Abaz Kupi, Zef Pali, Said Kryeziu, Nuçi Kotta | |
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Main organ
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Shqipëria |
| Affiliations | National Committee for a Free Europe |
"Free Albania" National Committee (Albanian: Komiteti Kombëtar "Shqipëria e Lirë"), also known as "Free Albania" National-Democratic Committee, also National Committee for a Free Albania or NCFA, was a political organization of post-World War II Albanian emigre in the Western countries. It was supported by CIA, placed as member of National Committee for a Free Europe. The committee aimed organizing the Albanian diaspora and cooperating with western powers into overthrown Enver Hoxha's Communist regime in Albania.
The committee creation started in Rome and was finalized in Paris in the summer of 1949.
With the triumph of Communism in Albania, many of the political factors of Albania during World War II had to flee the country. Many of them collaborated with the western government and secret services into overthrowing the communists, and changing the form of the regime in Albania. The base for the committee was heterogeneous, the most known actors were former Balli Kombëtar members including Mithat Frashëri, Abas Ermenji, Vasil Andoni, Ali Klissura, etc., Legaliteti members with its leader Abaz Kupi, "Blloku Indipendent" (Independent Block) of pro-Italian and/or collaborationist elements that were involved with Albanian puppet governments during the war, i.e. Ernest Koliqi, Mustafa Kruja, Gjon Marka Gjoni, Shefqet Verlaci, anti-fascist and anti-communist guerrillas who cooperated with British-American emissaries during the war led by Said bey Kryeziu, other independent anti-communists, i.e. Muharrem Bajraktari, as well as other political fractions like "Peasant League" (Albanian: Lidhja Katundare), etc.
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