1944 in Albania
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List of years in Albania
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the People's Republic of Albania .
Incumbents
[edit ]- President: Mehdi Frashëri, Chairman of the High Council (until 28 November), Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (starting 26 May)
- Prime Minister: Rexhep Bej Mitrovica (until 18 July), Fiqri Dine (18 July - 29 August), Ibrahim Biçakçiu (29 August - 28 November), Enver Hoxha (starting 22 October)
Events
[edit ]- January
- The National Liberation Movement, supplied with British weapons, gained control of southern Albania.[1]
- May
- The Communists met to organize an Albanian government and appointed Hoxha chairman of the executive committee and supreme commander of the National Liberation Movement.[2]
- October
- Communists establish provisional government with Hoxha as Prime Minister.[1]
- November
- The Communists entered the capital in the wake of a German withdrawal.[2]
- December
- Communist provisional government adopts laws allowing state regulation of commercial enterprises, foreign and domestic trade.[1]
Births
[edit ]- 12 January - Fatos Kongoli, writer
- 17 August - Rexhep Meidani, politician, former President of Albania
- 6 September - Skënder Hyka, footballer
- 15 October - Sali Berisha, cardiologist and politician, former President and Prime minister of Albania
Deaths
[edit ]- 23 January - Rauf Fico, diplomat and politician
- February - Fuat Dibra, politician
- 1 February - Vasil Shanto, one of the founders of the Albanian Communist Party
- 5 March - Ismail Ndroqi, politician and philosopher
- 7 August - Skënder Muço, lawyer and leader of Balli Kombëtar
- September - Llazar Fundo, communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c "Albania:Chronology of Important Events". countrystudies.us. Country Studies. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
- ^ a b Albania timeline BBC, A chronology of key events: 1944, news.bbc.co.uk
