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The Albanian Fascist Party (Albanian Partia Fashiste e Shqipërisë -- PFSh) was a fascist movement which held nominal power in Albania from 1939, when the country was conquered by Italy, until 1943, when Italy capitulated to the Allies. Afterward, Albania fell under German occupation, and the PFSh was replaced by the Albanian Nazi Party. // Ismail Qemali Bej (28 November - 29 November 1912) Ismail Qemali Bej (29 November 1912 - 22 January 1914) Esat Pashe Toptani (12 October 1913 - 12 February 1914) (Chairman Council of Elders of Central Albania, in opposition in Durres) Fejzi Bej Alizoti (22 January - 7 March 1914) Wilhelm zu Wied (7 March... Alfred Spiro Moisiu (born December 1, 1929) has been President of Albania since July 24, 2002. ... List of Prime Ministers of Albania Ismail Qemali (1912-1913) Myfit Libohova (1913-1914) Turhan Pasha Përmeti (1914) Esat Pashë Toptani (1914) Abdullah Rushdi (1914-1918) Turhan Pasha Përmeti (1918-1920) Sulejman Bej Delvina (1920) Ilias Bej Vrioni (1920-1921) Pandeli Evangjeli (1921) Hasan Bej Prishtina (1921) Omer...   (born October 15, 1944) is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania. ... The Assembly of Albania (Kuvendi i Shqipërisë), also known as the Peoples Assembly (Kuvendi Popullor) is the parliament of Albania. ... A political party is a political organization subscribing to a certain ideology or formed around very special issues with the aim to participate in power, usually by participating in elections. ... Elections in Albania gives information on election and election results in Albania. ... Indirect presidential elections will be held in Albania in July 2007. ... Albania is divided into 12 counties (Albanian: official qark/qarku, but often prefekturë/prefektura), sometimes translated as prefecture) each of which contains several districts (sometimes translated as subprefectures). ... Albania is divided into 36 districts, or rrethe. ... Albanian foreign policy has concentrated on maintaining good relations with its Balkan neighbors, gaining access to European-Atlantic security institutions, and securing close ties with the United States. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Fascism is an authoritarian political ideology and mass movement that seeks to place the nation, defined in exclusive biological, cultural, and historical terms, above all other loyalties, and to create a mobilized national community. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... To surrender is when soldiers give up fighting and become prisoners of war, either as individuals or when ordered to by their officers. ... Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

The PFSh was a puppet movement of the Italian Fasci di Combattimenti, with Benito Mussolini at its head and organized along the same lines and principles, and with its own paramilitary Black Shirts. It was never a mass movement, with membership reported at 13,500 in May 1940; however, during the PFSh's time in power, it did realize the vision of Greater Albania, expanding the borders of Albania into modern-day Epirus and Kosovo. A puppet state is a state whose government, though notionally of the same culture as the governed people - owes its existence (or other major debt) to being installed, supported or controlled by a more powerful entity, typically a foreign power. ... Fascio (plural: fasci) is an Italian language word which was used in the late 19th century to refer to radical political groups of many different (and sometimes opposing) orientations. ... Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (July 29, 1883 – April 28, 1945) was the prime minister and dictator of Italy from 1922 until 1943, when he was overthrown. ... The Blackshirts (Italian: camicie nere) were Fascist paramilitary groups in Italy during the period immediately following World War I and until the end of World War II. Inspired by Garibaldis Redshirts, the Blackshirts were organized by Benito Mussolini due to his disgust with the corruption and apathy of the... It has been suggested that Ethnic Albania be merged into this article or section. ... Epirus (Greek: Ήπειρος, Ípiros), is a periphery in northwestern Greece. ... Kosovo (Serbian: Косово и Метохија or Kosovo i Metohija, also Космет or Kosmet, Albanian: Kosovë or Kosova) is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999. ...

The party was founded by Tefik Mborja, an Albanian collaborator and friend to Italy's foreign minister, Count Ciano. In early 1943, Maliq Bej Bushati, an anti-monarchist nationalist, along with Agron Bej, reorganized the PFSh as the Guard of Great Albania and worked to distance Albania from Italy, striking fascist symbols from the flag (two fasces, one on each side of the Albanian eagle) and asserting Albanian autonomy in many spheres. However, the Italian surrender led to the country's occupation by Nazi Germany and changed the political situation in the country. Collaborationism, as a pejorative term, can describe the treason of cooperating with enemy forces occupying ones country. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... Galeazzo Ciano. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Monarchism is the advocacy of the establishment, preservation, or restoration of a monarchy. ... Flag Ratio: 5:7 The flag of Albania used from 1946 to 1992 Albanian Kingdom Flag (1928-1939) Civil Ensign, Ratio: 2:3 Naval Ensign, Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Albania is a base red flag with a black two-headed eagle in the centre. ... Roman fasces. ...

Upon the German takeover, SD leader Ernst Kaltenbrunner reorganized the Guard of Great Albania into the Albanian Nazi Party, which had formal control of Albania. German control over Albania was looser than in other territories; the Albanian Nazi government did not expand systematic persecution of Jews to deportation or killings. Albanian volunteers did, however, form an SS division, the 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian). Sicherheitsdienst (SD) sleeve insignia. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Dr. Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner (October 4, 1903 – October 16, 1946) was a senior Nazi official during World War II. He was executed for war crimes and crimes against humanity. ... The double-Sig Rune SS insignia. ... Bold text The 21st SS Division Skanderberg was a Waffen SS division set up by Heinrich Himmler in March 1944, officially under the title of the 21st Waffen-Gebirgs Division der SS Skanderbeg (albanische Nr. ...

After the fall of the Third Reich, Albania descended into civil war; some members of the Albanian Nazi Party fought against the communists both in Albania and in Kosovo, with the last of these reported to have ceased fighting in 1951. 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Ministers Secretaries of the Albanian Fascist Party

• 1939-1941 - Tefik Mborja
• 1941-1943 - Jup Kazazi
• 1943 - Kol Bib Mirakaj

Ministers Secretaries of the Guard of Great Albania

• 1943 - Maliq Bej Bushati
• 1943 - Eqrem Bej Libohova

See also

• Albania between wars
• Military history of Albania during World War II

Interwar Albania (1918-1941) Albania achieved a degree of statehood after Italy and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (the later Yugoslavia), which both sought to dominate the country. ... World War II and the Rise of Communism (1941-1944) Between 1941 and 1944, communist partisans and nationalist guerrillas fought Italian and German occupation forces, and more often each other, in a brutal struggle to take control of Albania. ...

External links

• "The Jews of Albania during the Zogist and Second World War Periods" by Bernd J. Fisher
• "Rescue in Albania" by Haroey Samer
• States and Regents of the World: Albania