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Oct 7, 2011 · Albania's last communist President Ramiz Alia - who was credited with opening up one of the world's most isolated political systems to democracy - has died. He was 85, and doctors said he died...
History. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Ramiz Alia. views 1,268,471 updated. Ramiz Alia. Following the death of Enver Hoxha, Albania's long-time (1945-1985) dictator in April 1985, Ramiz Alia (born 1925) became the dominant political personality in the country.
Oct 7, 2011 · Ramiz Alia, who has died aged 85, was Albania's last communist ruler and the architect of his country's perestroika. He became leader of the tiny, impoverished Balkan state – with a population...
Oct 7, 2011 · Ramiz Tafë Alia ( 18 October 1925 – 7 October 2011) was the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991. Alia was elected to the Central Committee of the Party of Labor of Albania and served as its First Secretary.
Albanian; head of state 1982–92 Alia is the son of poor Muslim parents from the Gheg clan who fled Kosovo after the Balkan Wars. During the Second World War he fought in the Communist guerrilla organization, the Army of National Liberation, and attained the rank of lieutenant‐colonel.
Ramiz Alia, who has died of a pulmonary embolism, was the hand-picked successor of Albania's Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha and the man who presided over the country's transition to multi-party...
Oct 7, 2011 · President Ramiz Alia, Albania's last communist president, has died. He is largely credited with opening up one of the world's most isolated political systems to democracy, according to BBC News. According to doctors, Alia died of lung problems. He succeeded Enver Hoxha as president.
