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Hoxha (Albanian) [ˈhodʒa] n (Biographies / Hoxha, Enver (1908-1985) M, Albanian, POLITICS: statesman) Enver (ˈemver). 1908-85, Albanian statesman: founded the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and was its first secretary (1954-85) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In 1967 Enver Hoxha outlawed religion, destroyed mosques and churches, locked up all imams, shot 50 Catholic priests. Soviet ruler Josef Stalin and his totalitarian soul-mate Adolf Hitler employed the "Dear Leader" trope with great success, as did Albania's Enver Hoxha, North Korean dictators Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, and Iraq's Saddam Hussein. So long as Stalin, Mao, Hoxha and Pol Pot held power, their regimes could not retreat to the authoritarian-communist systems that now operate in China and Viemam. |
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