The Party of Labour of Albania (PLA),also referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP),was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded on 8 November 1941 as the Communist Party of Albania but changed its name in 1948. The party was dissolved on 13 June 1991 and succeeded by the Socialist Party of Albania and the new Communist Party of Albania. For most of its existence,the party was dominated by its First Secretary,Enver Hoxha,who was also the de facto leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.
Haxhi Lleshi was an Albanian military leader and communist politician who served as the Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1953 to 1982.
Albin Kurti is the Prime Minister of Kosovo,having been elected in March 2021 for a second time. He first served in the role between February and June 2020.
Bedri Pejani was 20th century Albanian politician. During World War II,he was one of the founders of the Second League of Prizren.
Orders,decorations and medals of Albania are state decorations regulated and bestowed by the Republic of Albania.
Andrea Shundi was an Albanian-American agronomist. His academic research and publications focused mainly on the forage systems as a source feeding of the livestock,on viticulture and viniculture,and also on the history of the Albanian agriculture.
Valentina Leskaj is an Albanian politician and political economist who was a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania for the Socialist Party from 2002 until 2017,when she decided to resign and leave politics.
Spiro Koleka was an important Albanian statesman,communist politician and a high-ranking military officer during World War II. He was a civil engineer by profession. Spiro Koleka served as a parliament member in all legislatures from 1944 until 1990. Koleka was a member of the Politburo of the Party of Labor of Albania during the years 1948 to 1981. As part of his political career he also served as Chairman of the State Planning Commission,Minister of Industry and Construction of Albania,as well as Vice Prime Minister.
Kostandin Boshnjaku was an Albanian banker,politician,diplomat and in the last years of his life as a translator of books. Even though he was one of the earliest Albanian communists,he was arrested and convicted on 31 December 1947 by the Supreme Military Court with life imprisonment due to the divergences he had with the communist regime. In 1949,he was released from prison by an amnesty,while unofficially it was said to have been released with the direct intervention of Soviet ambassador Dmitry Chuvakhin. He spent the last years of his live in Durrës serving as a translator of books in several languages.
Hysni Curri (?–1925) was a Kosovar Albanian military figure and a prominent leader of the Kachak movement and the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo.
Haki Toska was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh).
Xhafer Spahiu was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh). He was the only Kosovar Albanian of the higher ranks of the Communist Albania leadership after 1948.
Harilla Papajorgji was an Albanian Politician,Professor of Economics and Statesman. He served as Chairman of the State Planning Commission from 1982 to 1985,member of People's Assembly from 1982 to 1987 and Vice Director of the Scientific Institute of Central Party Committee from 1985-1991.
Lumir Abdixhiku is a Kosovar Albanian politician serving as President of Democratic League of Kosovo since 14 March 2021. He previously served as Minister of Infrastructure and Environment in the 2019. He was also a Chairman of the Budget and Finance Committee in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo from 2017 to 2019.
The Second Government of the Prime Minister Ilir Meta was the 60th Government of the Republic of Albania which was officially mandated by President Rexhep Meidani on 7 September 2001. After the 2001 election,the alliance led by the Socialist Party won the majority for the second time in a row and managed to create a post–electoral coalition of 86 seats in Parliament to form the new government.
The Majko II Government was the 61st ruling government of the Republic of Albania,led by prime minister Pandeli Majko. It was officially mandated by president Rexhep Meidani on 22 February 2002. After the 2001 parliamentary elections,the alliance led by the Socialist Party won a seat majority for the second consecutive time and managed to form a government headed by Ilir Meta but due to internal conflicts within the party,Meta was forced to offer his resignation on 29 January 2002. Majko managed to persuade most of the party hierarchy,including its chairman Fatos Nano,to form a new government,although as it turned out,for the same reasons as the Meta II Government,he offered his resignation a few months later on 25 July 2002.
The Bufi Government better known as the Government of Stability was an interim government formed after the resignation of the previous Nano government due to the aggravated situation in the country after the events of 2 April 1991 where 4 opposition supporters were killed in Shkodër during a anti-communist protest that led to the burning of the Shkodra Labor Party Committee. The Nano government resigned on 4 June 1991,and the next day the then-President Ramiz Alia,began negotiations to form a comprehensive government whose main objective would be to restore stability to the country,from which it took the name "Stability Government". Ylli Bufi was accepted also by the opposition to be appointed as Prime Minister,while one of the most prominent figures of the Democratic Party,such as Gramoz Pashko,was appointed Deputy Prime Minister.
Arsim Rexhepi is a politician in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2007 to 2011,initially as a member of the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR) and later with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). He is now a member of Vetëvendosje (VV).
Bedri Hamza is a politician and administrator in Kosovo. He has been the Republic of Kosovo's finance minister on two occasions,served three terms in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo,was governor of the Central Bank of Kosovo from 2013 to 2017,and is the current mayor of South Mitrovica. Hamza is a prominent member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
Sokol Bashota is a politician and former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) leader in Kosovo. He served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2004 to 2007 and was mayor of Klina from 2007 to 2017. Bashota is a member of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK).
