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People's Republic of Albania

People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë
Satellite state of the Soviet Union (until 1968)
Member of the Warsaw Pact (until 1968)
1946–1992
Flag Coat of arms
Motto
Ti Shqipëri, më jep nder, më jep emrin Shqipëtar
"You Albania, give me honour, give me the name Albanian"
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Proletarë të të gjitha vendeve, bashkohuni!
"Proletarians of all countries, unite!"
Anthem
Himni i Flamurit  (Albanian)
Hymn to the Flag

Location of Albania in Europe.
Capital Tirana
Languages Albanian
Religion None (state atheism)
Government Unitary Marxist-Leninist one-party state (1946-76)
Unitary Hoxhaist one-party state (1976–91)
Unitary parliamentary republic (1991–92)
First Secretary
 •  1946–1985 Enver Hoxha
 •  1985–1991 Ramiz Alia
Chairman
 •  1946–1953 Omer Nishani
 •  1953–1982 Haxhi Lleshi
 •  1982–1991 Ramiz Alia
Prime Minister
 •  1946–1954 Enver Hoxha
 •  1954–1981 Mehmet Shehu
 •  1982–1991 Adil Çarçani
Legislature People's Assembly
Historical era Cold War
 •  Formation 11 January 1946
 •  Constitution amended 28 December 1976
 •  Sino-Albanian split 1978
 •  Fall of communism 11 December 1990
 •  Democratic elections 31 March 1991
 •  Reconstituted as the Republic of Albania 30 April 1991
 •  First parliamentary elections 22 March 1992
 •  New Albanian Constitution 28 November 1998
Area
 •  1989 28,748 km² (11,100 sq mi)
Population
 •  1945 est. 1,122,044 
 •  1989 est. 3,512,317 
     Density 122.2 /km²  (316.4 /sq mi)
Currency Franga 1946–1947

Albanian lek 1947–1992

Calling code +355
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Democratic Government of Albania
Albania
Today part of  Albania

Albanian lek 1947–1992

Albania (Listeni/ælˈbniə, ɔːl-/, a(w)l-BAY-nee-ə; Albanian: Shqipëri/Shqipëria; Gheg Albanian: Shqipni/Shqipnia, Shqypni/Shqypnia), officially the People's Socialist Republic of Albania (Albanian: Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë), was a socialist state that ruled Albania from 1946 to its fall in 1992. From 1946 to 1976 it was known as the People's Republic of Albania, and from 1944 to 1946 as the Democratic Government of Albania. Throughout this period the country had a reputation for its Stalinist style of state administration dominated by the Enver Hoxha and the Party of Labour of Albania and for policies stressing national unity and self-reliance. Travel and visa restrictions made Albania one of the most difficult countries to visit or to travel from. In 1967, it declared itself the world's first atheist state. It was the only Warsaw Pact member to formally withdraw from the alliance before 1990, an action occasioned by the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. The first multi-party elections in Socialist Albania took place on 31 March 1991 – the communists gained a majority in an interim government and the first parliamentary elections were held on 22 March 1992. The People's Socialist Republic was officially dissolved on 28 November 1998 upon the adoption of the new Constitution of Albania.


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