Hysni Milloshi is the founder and incumbent First Secretary of the Communist Party of Albania

Communist Party of Albania (1991)

The Communist Party of Albania is a communist, and anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist, political party in Albania. It is led by Hysni Milloshi. The party was formed in 1991, as a split from the Albanian Party of Labour which converted itself into the Socialist Party of Albania...

, successor to the Party of Labor of Albania.

During communist rule, Milloshi, who was a member of the Party of Labour, was a writer and a somewhat obscure figure. He established the Enver Hoxha Voluntary Activists' Union, an organization loyal to the principles and policies of Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha

Enver Halil Hoxha was a Marxist–Leninist revolutionary andthe leader of Albania from the end of World War II until his death in 1985, as the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania...

, at Berat

Berat

Berat is a town located in south-central Albania. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of around 71,000 people. It is the capital of both the District of Berat and the larger County of Berat...

on 12 February 1991, apparently with the backing of some leading hard-liners in the Party of Labour. The organization waged a prominent and vocal struggle to prevent the unraveling of communist rule.

External links

• http://www.cec.org.al/2004/Zgjedhejekuvendfiles/partite%20e%20regjistruara/partit2005.pdf (PDF)