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Hoxha

American  
[haw-jah] / ˈhɔ dʒɑ /

noun

  1. Enver 1908–85, Albanian political leader: premier 1944–54, First Secretary of the Central Committee 1954–1985.


Hoxha British  
/ ˈhodʒa /

noun

  1. Enver (ˈemver). 1908–85, Albanian statesman: founded the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and was its first secretary (1954–85)

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Teuta Hoxha is said to have refused for 38 days and Kamran Ahmed 37 days.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

Her Greek birthplace came to be a lifelong handicap: the Hoxha regime was convinced she was a foreign spy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

Investors should still steer clear of the most junky corporate bonds, said Hoxha, who is Newton’s head of fixed income.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

He has been well-known internationally since his “The General of the Dead Army” novel was published in 1963 when Albania was governed by the communist government of late dictator Enver Hoxha.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2023

When Hoxha died in 1985, he was succeeded by a crony, Ramiz Alia, an Albanian Gorbachev who introduced local versions of Perestroika and Glasnost even before the Soviet leader did.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel

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