biography
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Hoxha, Enver, also spelled Hodja
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pronunciation:
[hoja]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1908–85)
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| biography:
| Albanian prime minister (1946–54) and Communist Party secretary (1954–85), born in Gjirokastër, S Albania. He founded and led the Albanian Communist Party (1941) in the fight for national independence. In 1946 he deposed King Zog (who had fled in 1939), and became head of state. |
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