{{Short description|1944–1946 Albanian provisional government}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox government cabinet | cabinet_name = Democratic Government of Albania | cabinet_type = Government | cabinet_number = 37th | flag = Flag of the Democratic Government of Albania (1944–1946).svg | image = Qeveria Demokratike e Shqipërisë.jpg | caption = '''Top Row:''' Manol Konomi, [[Bedri Spahiu]], [[Spiro Koleka]], [[Ymer Dishnica]].<br/> '''Bottom Row:''' [[Ramadan Çitaku]], [[Myslim Peza]], [[Omer Nishani]], [[Enver Hoxha]], [[Sejfulla Malëshova]], [[Medar Shtylla]]. | jurisdiction = Albania | incumbent = 1944–1946 | date_formed = {{Start date|1944|10|20|df=y}} | date_dissolved = {{End date|1946|01|10|df=y}} | government_head_title = Leader | government_head = [[Enver Hoxha]] | members_number = 15 | state_head_title = | state_head = | election = | previous = [[German occupation of Albania]] | successor = [[People's Republic of Albania]] }}
The '''Democratic Government of Albania''' ([[Albanian language|Albanian]]: ''Qeveria Demokratike e Shqipërisë'') also known as the '''Hoxha I Government''' was established on 20 October 1944 by the [[National Liberation Movement (Albania)|National Liberation Movement]], as the [[Albanian Resistance of World War II|Albanian partisan resistance]] of 1940–1944 came to a close. A [[provisional government]] took power after the liberation of the country from [[Wehrmacht|German forces]] on 28 November. Its interim [[Prime Minister of Albania|Prime Minister]] was Secretary-General [[Enver Hoxha]] of the [[Party of Labour of Albania|Communist Party of Albania]]. The interim government was to be in existence until the holding of elections and the convening of a Constituent Assembly.
The government was led by the [[National Liberation Movement (Albania)|National Liberation Movement]] (LANÇ), which in turn was dominated by the Communist Party. From the outset, the Democratic Government was a [[Communist state]]. It sidelined the nationalist [[Balli Kombëtar]], a task made somewhat easier by large amounts of British support. [[Zog I of Albania|King Zog I]] was effectively dethroned; the Democratic Government barred him from ever returning to the country. The LANÇ quickly established fraternal relationships with other Communist countries.
Elections were [[Albanian parliamentary election, 1945|held]] on 2 December 1945. By this time, the LANÇ had transformed itself into the [[Democratic Front of Albania]], which was the only organization to contest the election. On 10 January 1946, the [[People's Republic of Albania]] was proclaimed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dervishi |first1=Kastriot |title=Kryeministrat dhe ministrat e shtetit shqiptar në 100 vjet |date=2012 |publisher=Shtëpia Botuese "55" |location=Tiranë |isbn=978-99943-56-22-5 |pages=273}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Qafoku |first1=Roland |title=Historia e 33 kryeministrave të Shqipërisë |date=2015 |publisher=Shtëpia Botuese "Onufri" |location=Tiranë |isbn=978-9928-186-72-0 |pages=350}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Krasniqi |first1=Afrim |title=Sistemet Politike në Shqipëri 1912-2009 |date=2009 |publisher=UFO Press |location=Tiranë |isbn=978-99956-19-36-7 |pages=390}}</ref>
==Cabinet== * [[Enver Hoxha]] - Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Defense * [[Koçi Xoxe]] - Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Internal Affairs and Chairman of the Audit Committee * [[Tuk Jakova]] - Minister Without Portfolio, 6 February 1946 Minister of Industry * [[Haxhi Lleshi]] - Minister Without Portfolio * [[Manol Konomi]] - Minister of Justice, 6 May 1947 - 5 February 1948 Minister Ad. Interim Education * [[Spiro Koleka]] - Minister of World Affairs * [[Ramadan Çitaku]] - Kiço Ngjela (6 February 1948) - Minister of Finances * [[Nako Spiru]] - Minister of Economy, 13 March 1947 - President of the State Plan Committee * [[Medar Shtylla]] - Minister of Health * [[Gaqo Tashko]] - Minister of Agriculture * [[Sejfulla Malëshova]] ([[Naxhije Dume]], 6 February 1948) - Minister of Education * [[Gogo Nushi]] (31 January 1947 - Minister of Commerce * [[Nesti Kerenxhi]] - Minister Without Portfolio and President of the State Plan Commission (29 May 1948) * [[Pandi Kristo]] - Minister Without Portfolio (1946) and Head of State Control (1947) * [[Mehmet Shehu]] - Minister of Communications and PTT (6 February 1948)
==See also== * [[History of Albania]]
==External links== * [http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/1944/10/23.htm Declaration of the Democratic Government of Albania at the 2nd Meeting of the Anti-Fascist National Liberation Council of Albania] * [http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hoxha/works/1946/01/12.htm Speech to the Constituent Assembly on the Presentation of the Resignation of the Government]
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{{Governments of Albania}}
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