Himself as Chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly
Succeeded by
Sali Berisha
Chairman of the Presidium of the Albanian People's Assembly
In office 22 November 1982 – 30 April 1991
Leader
Enver Hoxha (First Secretary)
Preceded by
Haxhi Lleshi
Succeeded by
Himself as President
First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania
In office 13 April 1985 – 13 June 1991
Preceded by
Enver Hoxha
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Personal details
Born
(1925-10-18)18 October 1925 Shkodër, Albanian Republic (now Albania)
Died
7 October 2011(2011-10-07) (aged 85) Tirana, Albania
Political party
Party of Labour (1943–1991) Socialist Party (1991–2011)
Spouse
Semiramis Xhuvani
(died 1986)
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Children
3 (Zana, Besa and Arben)
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Ramiz Alia (Albanian pronunciation:[ɾaˈmizaˈlia]ⓘ; 18 October 1925 – 7 October 2011) was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1985 to 1991, serving as First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania. He was also the country's head of state from 1982 to 1992. He had been seen as a successor by Enver Hoxha and took power after Hoxha died.
^"Semiramis Alia Is Dead a 58; Wife of the Albanian Leader". The New York Times. 15 March 1986 – via NYTimes.com.
RamizAlia (Albanian pronunciation: [ɾaˈmizaˈlia] ; 18 October 1925 – 7 October 2011) was an Albanian politician serving as the second and last leader...
22 November 1982 and by RamizAlia from 22 November 1982 to 22 February 1991. The 'Presidential Council', headed by RamizAlia was founded on 22 February...
collectivization, and allegedly disloyal party officials. Hoxha was succeeded by RamizAlia, who oversaw the fall of communism in Albania. Hoxha's government was...
or less without resistance until his death in 1985. Hoxha's successor, RamizAlia, was forced to initiate gradual reforms in order to stop the country's...
the history of Albania to have a military background, after Ahmet Zogu, RamizAlia, Alfred Moisiu and Bujar Nishani. Begaj was born on 20 March 1967, in...
or "intelligent".. RamizAlia (1925–2011), former President of Albania Ramiz Tafilaj (born 1949), Albanian-American businessman Ramiz Jaraisy (born 1951)...
People's Republic of Albania for four decades, died on April 11, 1985. RamizAlia succeeded Hoxha as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour, and gradually...
dominated by dictator Enver Hoxha (died 1985). Hoxha's political heir RamizAlia oversaw the disintegration of the "Hoxhaist" state during the wider collapse...
August 1990 meeting of the nation's intellectuals convened by President RamizAlia, Berisha urged the Albanian Party of Labor to abolish the third article...
1991 and 13 April 1992. He was appointed to the position by President RamizAlia on December 4, following the dismissal of seven ministers, the resignation...
forced President RamizAlia to gradually remove the old communist nomenklatura from power and government, so in the end of February 1991, Alia appointed Nano...
emergency meeting of the Albanian Writers Union and a public denunciation by RamizAlia, Enver Hoxha's designated successor, the novel was banned two weeks after...
the Party of Labour of Albania from 1948-60. She attended, along with RamizAlia, the Marxist–Leninist institute of the Moscow State University from 1952...
as well as other decorations. In August 1988, Rama signed – along with RamizAlia and others – documents for the death penalty of poet Havzi Nela by hanging...
were first eased in 1985 and then removed in 1990 under his successor RamizAlia. Polling by UNDP showed that large majorities of Albanians agree that...
War II. Hoxha's successor RamizAlia was forced to introduce limited reforms in the late 1980s. On 11 December 1990, Alia announced that the PPSh had...
the new post of President coming into existence a day later and held by RamizAlia, who resigned from his post as First Secretary of the PLA on the same...
the Presidium of the People's Assembly of Albania Party of Labour 14 RamizAlia (1925–2011) 22 November 1982 3 April 1992 9 years, 133 days Chairman of...
[citation needed] After the death of Enver Hoxha in 1985, his successor, RamizAlia, adopted a relatively tolerant stance toward religious practice, referring...
stated that he opposed the command of the First Secretary of the PPSh (RamizAlia) who had ordered shooting at protesters in Tirana during the collapse...
after the death of Albania's leader, Enver Hoxha in 1985, his successor, RamizAlia, adopted a relatively tolerant stance toward religious practice, referring...
to April 6, 1992. On April 3, 1992, when the last communist president, RamizAlia resigned, Islami served as acting president for three days. During the...
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