1944 in Albania

← 1943 1942 1941 1944 in Albania → 1945 1946 1947
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1944 List of years in Albania

The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the People's Republic of Albania.

Incumbents

• President: Mehdi Frashëri, Chairman of the High Council (until 28 November), Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium (starting 26 May)
• Prime Minister: Rexhep Bej Mitrovica (until 18 July), Fiqri Dine (18 July - 29 August), Ibrahim Biçakçiu (29 August - 28 November), Enver Hoxha (sarting 22 October)

Events

January

• The National Liberation Movement, supplied with British weapons, gained control of southern Albania.^[1]

May

• The Communists met to organize an Albanian government and appointed Hoxha chairman of the executive committee and supreme commander of the National Liberation Movement.^[2]

October

• Communists establish provisional government with Hoxha as Prime Minister.^[1]

November

• The Communists entered the capital in the wake of a German withdrawal.^[2]

December

• Communist provisional government adopts laws allowing state regulation of commercial enterprises, foreign and domestic trade.^[1]

Births

• 12 January - Fatos Kongoli, writer
• 17 August - Rexhep Meidani, politician, former President of Albania
• 6 September - Skënder Hyka, footballer
• 15 October - Sali Berisha, cardiologist and politician, former President and Prime minister of Albania

Deaths

• 23 January - Rauf Fico, diplomat and politician
• February - Fuat Dibra, politician
• 1 February - Vasil Shanto, one of the founders of the Albanian Communist Party
• 5 March - Ismail Ndroqi, politician and philosopher
• 7 August - Skënder Muço, lawyer and leader of Balli Kombëtar
• September - Llazar Fundo, communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer

References