Party of Labour of Albania

Party of Labour of Albania Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë
First Secretary	Enver Hoxha (1941-1985) Ramiz Alia (1985-1991)
Founded	8 November 1941 (1941-11-08)
Dissolved	13 June 1991 (1991-06-13)[1]
Succeeded by	PS PKSh
Headquarters	Tirana
Newspaper	Zëri i Popullit
Youth wing	Labour Youth Union of Albania Pioneers of Enver
Military wing	National Liberation Movement (1942–1945)
Membership (1986)	147,000
Ideology	Communism Marxism–Leninism Stalinism Hoxhaism Anti-revisionism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	Democratic Front of Albania
International affiliation	Cominform (1947–1956)
Colours	Red
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The Party of Labour of Albania (PLA),^[a] 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 (Partia Komuniste e Shqipërisë, PKSh) 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.^[2]

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