Cabinet Hoxha III

Enver Hoxha was from 1944 to 1954 Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania

The Hoxha III Cabinet was a government of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania , which was formed on March 23, 1946 by Prime Minister Enver Hoxha of the Party of Labor of Albania PPSh (Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë) . It replaced the Hoxha II cabinet and remained in office until June 30, 1950, after which it was replaced by the Hoxha IV cabinet .

Since the Hoxha II cabinet was unchanged from the previous government , which resigned after the proclamation of the People's Republic on January 11, 1946, but remained in office until a new government was formed in March 1946, not everyone counted it as a separate government. As a result, the government formed in March 1946 is sometimes referred to as the Hoxha II cabinet.

On March 14, 1946, the Constituent Assembly passed a new constitution for the People's Socialist Republic of Albania. On March 16, it was converted into the People's Assembly. After the new constitution was passed, a new government was formed - the exact dates differ depending on the source: Louis Zanga mentions March 23 as the beginning of this government, but March 25 as the end of the previous government. On March 24th, Enver Hoxha presented the program of the “first government of the People's Republic of Albania” to the People's Assembly.

The new government showed numerous changes from the previous government. Foreign Minister Omer Nishani disappeared and Interior Minister Haxhi Lleshi initially had no portfolio - the two important posts were shared between the two leading people in the state, Enver Hoxha and Koçi Xoxe , on which other important positions were concentrated: Hoxha was Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister, Xoxe Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior and Chairman of the State Control Commission.

With the exception of the positions held by Hoxha, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Agriculture, there was at least one change in all other ministerial posts. Education Minister Sejfulla Malëshova was expelled from the government during the first few months , later arrested and sentenced to a long prison term, whereby Hoxha and Xoxe eliminated an adversary. For many communists, Malëshova was too open to other political forces and the major Western powers.

The changes in government are also an expression of world politics and the tension in the Albanian leadership as to the extent to which it should be aligned with Yugoslavia . Xoxe worked towards a close relationship with Yugoslavia and in July 1946 enforced a friendship and economic treaty with Belgrade, which provided for the merger of the economic systems of Albania and Yugoslavia. By February 1948, Xoxe had almost achieved Hoxha's ousting on the Central Committee . Previously, at the end of November 1947, he had already seriously accused Nako Spiru , the chairman of the State Planning Commission, whereupon he committed suicide. After Stalin's criticism of the Yugoslav leadership and the break with Tito in June 1948, Hoxha was able to overthrow the pro-Yugoslav forces in the Albanian leadership after he had secured the support of the USSR . First, Xoxe was transferred to the Ministry of Industry on October 2, 1948 and, together with Nesti Kerenxhi , completely excluded from the government on October 30. In the early summer of 1949, there was a secret trial against Xoxe and companions - Xoxe was sentenced to death, the rest to long prison terms. Mehmet Shehu came into the government as a follower of Hoxha. Industry Minister Abedin Shehu was dismissed from the government in another wave of purges in early 1950.

A new parliament was elected on May 28, 1950, and a new government was formed.

Office	Official	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Enver Hoxha	March 23, 1946	June 30, 1950
Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Koçi Xoxe Tuk Jakova Mehmet Shehu	March 23, 1946 November 28, 1948 November 28, 1948	October 30, 1948 June 30, 1950 June 30, 1950
Foreign minister	Enver Hoxha	March 23, 1946	June 30, 1950
Defense Minister	Enver Hoxha	March 23, 1946	June 30, 1950
Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Nako Spiru Kiço Ngjela Nesti Kerenxhi Spiro Koleka	March 23, 1946 November 20, 1947 0February 6, 1948 November 28, 1948	November 20, 1947 0February 6, 1948 0October 2, 1948 June 30, 1950
Interior minister	Koçi Xoxe Nesti Kerenxhi Mehmet Shehu	March 23, 1946 0October 2, 1948 October 30, 1948	0October 2, 1948 October 30, 1948 June 30, 1950
Finance minister	Ramadan Çitaku Kiço Ngjela Abdyl Këllezi	March 23, 1946 February 6, 1948 November 28, 1948	0February 6, 1948 November 28, 1948 June 30, 1950
Minister of Justice	Manol Konomi	March 23, 1946	June 30, 1950
Minister of Education	Sejfulla Malëshova Naxhije Dume Kahreman Ylli	March 23, 1946 1946 November 28, 1948	1946 November 28, 1948 June 30, 1950
Economics Minister	Tuk Jakova	March 23, 1946	0February 2, 1947
Industry Minister	Tuk Jakova Koçi Xoxe Gogo Nushi Abedin Shehu	0February 6, 1948 0October 2, 1948 October 30, 1948 1949	0October 2, 1948 October 30, 1948 1949 0March 8, 1950
Ministry of Commerce	Gogo Nushi Kiço Ngjela	0February 2, 1947 November 28, 1948	November 28, 1948 June 30, 1950
Minister of Agriculture	Gaqo Tashko	March 23, 1946	June 30, 1950
Minister for Public Works	Spiro Koleka Abedin Shehu Spiro Koleka	March 23, 1946 November 28, 1948 0March 8, 1950	November 28, 1948 0March 8, 1950 June 30, 1950
Minister of Health	Medar Shtylla	March 23, 1946	June 30, 1950
Communications minister	Mehmet Shehu Spiro Koleka	0February 6, 1948 November 28, 1948	0October 2, 1948 June 30, 1950
Chairman of the State Control Commission	Koçi Xoxe Haxhi Lleshi	March 23, 1946 November 28, 1948	0October 3, 1948 June 30, 1950
Minister with no portfolio	Nesti Kerenxhi Haxhi Lleshi	March 23, 1946 March 23, 1946	November 28, 1948 0October 3, 1948

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Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Michael Schmidt-Neke : domestic policy . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch ). tape VII . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 60 f . "Hoxha formed a new government on March 23, 1946, which reflected the temporary balance of power:"
↑ ^a ^b Louis Zanga: Highest Political Institutions . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 749 .
^ Owen Pearson: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy: From Isolation to the Kosovo War 1946-1998 . Ed .: The Center for Albanian Studies (= Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . Volume Three). IB Tauris, London 2006, ISBN 1-84511-105-2 , 1946, March 14th, pp. 19 .
↑ Lighvënësit shqiptare në vite. (PDF) In: parlament.al. P. 15 , accessed on February 23, 2019 (Albanian).
↑ ^a ^b Louis Zanga: Highest Political Institutions . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 750 .
^ Owen Pearson: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy: From Isolation to the Kosovo War 1946-1998 . Ed .: The Center for Albanian Studies (= Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . Volume Three). IB Tauris, London 2006, ISBN 1-84511-105-2 , 1946, March 24th, pp. 23 .
↑ Louis Zanga: Biographies of Prominent Public Figures . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 773 .
^ Michael Schmidt-Neke : domestic policy . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch ). tape VII . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 61 ff .

[:0-1] A ^b Michael Schmidt-Neke : domestic policy . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch ). tape VII . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 60 f . "Hoxha formed a new government on March 23, 1946, which reflected the temporary balance of power:"

[zanga749-2] Louis Zanga: Highest Political Institutions . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 749 .

[3] Owen Pearson: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy: From Isolation to the Kosovo War 1946-1998 . Ed .: The Center for Albanian Studies (= Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . Volume Three). IB Tauris, London 2006, ISBN 1-84511-105-2 , 1946, March 14th, pp. 19 .

[4] Lighvënësit shqiptare në vite. (PDF) In: parlament.al. P. 15 , accessed on February 23, 2019 (Albanian).

[zanga750-5] Louis Zanga: Highest Political Institutions . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 750 .

[6] Owen Pearson: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy: From Isolation to the Kosovo War 1946-1998 . Ed .: The Center for Albanian Studies (= Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . Volume Three). IB Tauris, London 2006, ISBN 1-84511-105-2 , 1946, March 24th, pp. 23 .

[zanga773-7] Louis Zanga: Biographies of Prominent Public Figures . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch . Volume VII ). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 773 .

[8] Michael Schmidt-Neke : domestic policy . In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Albanien (= Südosteuropa-Handbuch ). tape VII . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1993, ISBN 3-525-36207-2 , pp. 61 ff .