Party of Labor of Albania
Party of Labor of Albania Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë | |
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| Abbreviation |
PPSh (Albanian) PLA |
| First Secretary |
Enver Hoxha (until 1985) Ramiz Alia |
| Founded | 8 November 1941 |
| Dissolved | 13 June 1991 |
| Succeeded by |
PKSh PS |
| Headquarters | Tirana |
| Newspaper | Zëri i Popullit |
| Think tank | Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies |
| Youth wing | Labor Youth Union of Albania |
| Membership (1986) | 147,000 |
| Political orientation |
Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Slogan |
"Punëtorët e botës, bashkohuni!" "Workers of the world, unite!" (English) |
| Anthem | The Internationale |
| Party flag | |
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The Party of Labor of Albania (PLA)[a] was the ruling communist party of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. The party was founded in 1941[b] during a national liberation war, and would assume the rule of the vanguard party of the Albanian people. It was an anti-revisionist Marxist–Leninist party with Enver Hoxha as its first secretary until 1985.[1] In 1991, the party was disbanded after its takeover by revisionists along with socialist Albania as a whole.
Further reading
- History of the Party of Labor of Albania (1971), by the PLA Institute of Marxist–Leninist Studies
See also
References
- ↑ The Constitution of the Party of Labour of Albania (1977). Available on the Internet Archive.