Ideologies / Leninist-Marxist / Enver Hoxha
§ The minds · 1908–1985 · Albania · Head of state
Enver Hoxha
The hermit dictator
Total isolation and ideological purity.
Economic−96
SocialistMarket
Governance+85
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−5
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Albania's hardline ruler, who sealed off the country in pursuit of ideological purity, banned religion, and broke even with his communist allies for insufficient orthodoxy.
social
Declared the world's first officially atheist state; crushed tradition and religion.
economic
Total state ownership; one of the most closed command economies on earth.
governance
Extreme one-party repression; broke with the USSR and China as too soft.
Notable for
- Four decades of isolated rule
- Declared an atheist state
- Broke with the USSR and China
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