Koci Xoxe
| Koçi Xoxe | |
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| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 1945–1949 |
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| Minister of the Interior | |
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In office 1945 – 2 October 1948 |
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| Succeeded by | Nesti Kerenxhi |
| Personal details | |
| Pronunciation | [ˈkɔtʃi ˈdzɔdzɛ] |
| Born | May 1, 1911 |
| Died | June 11, 1949 (aged 38) |
| Citizenship | Albanian |
| Nationality | Macedonian or Bulgarian |
| Political party | Party of Labour of Albania |
Koçi Xoxe (pronounced [ˈkɔtʃi ˈdzɔdzɛ]; May 1, 1911 – June 11, 1949) was an Albanian politician who served as Minister of Defence and Minister of the Interior of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania.
Xoxe was born in 1911 in Negovan, near Florina in Greece, back then part of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. Negovan (today Flampouro/Φλάμπουρο) had a majority Orthodox Albanian population of whom identified with the Greek orientated Patriarchist Orthodox church and a minority of Vlachs. According to some sources, Xoxe was an ethnic Macedonian or ethnic Bulgarian from Aegean Macedonia and was initially a tinsmith.
Around 1937 he emerged among others, such as Enver Hoxha and Koço Tashko, as prominent leaders of Albanian communism. He was a rival of Hoxha, and the Yugoslavs supported him.
He was purged for "pro-Yugoslav activities" after Josip Broz Tito broke relations with Hoxha's ally, Joseph Stalin. After a secret trial in May 1949, Xoxe was executed by hanging. He allegedly admitted that he was working for the British intelligence and that he was a conspirator with Tito.
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