Hoxha

[ haw-jah ]

noun

1. En·ver [en, -v, uh, r], 1908–85, Albanian political leader: premier 1944–54, First Secretary of the Central Committee 1954–1985.

Hoxha

/ ˈhodʒa /

noun

1. HoxhaEnver19081985MAlbanianPOLITICS: statesman Enver (ˈemver). 1908–85, Albanian statesman: founded the Albanian Communist Party in 1941 and was its first secretary (1954–85)

Example Sentences

For many years, the country was one of Europe's poorest, without a single major ally, dominated by Hoxha's cult of personality.

From The Daily Beast

Nothing seems to have changed in Albania from the 14th century to the Hoxha days.

From Project Gutenberg

This historical, 80 year-old rift was exacerbated by the abyss between the Enver Hoxha regime and its Tito counterpart.

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Hoxha silenced the dissident elements, however, and had most of them expelled from the Party or arrested.

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Hoxha did, however, pay lip service to the collective leadership principle enunciated in Moscow after Stalin's death.

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The real base of their power has rested in the security and armed forces, and Hoxha and Shehu have divided this power.

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