Hero of Albania, more properly Hero of the People is the highest title

Hero (Title)

The title of Hero is presented by various governments in recognition of acts of self-sacrifice to the state, and great achievements in combat or labor. It is originally a Soviet-type honor, and is continued by several nations including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. It was also awarded to cities and...

 that can be bestowed on a citizen of Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

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Creation

The title was created in 1945 and the Albanian parliament confirmed it by Law in 1954 and then reconfirmed by Law Nr.6133 on February 12, 1980. The creation of the award was a way to honor Albanian citizens for having made valuable contributions to Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 or to the Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 people.

Posthumous recipients

• Abdyl Frashëri
  Abdyl Frashëri
  Abdyl Frashëri People's Hero of Albania was an Albanian diplomat, politician, writer, and a first political ideologue of the Albanian National Awakening through the League of Prizren...
  
  
• Ali Demi
  Ali Demi
  Ali Demi is a Hero of Albania of World War II, born in Filiates, Greece in 1918, and died during a battle with German forces in Vlora, Albania in 1943....
  
  
• Ali Kelmendi
  Ali Kelmendi
  Ali Kelmendi , Hero of Albania under the communist regime, was a Kosovar Albanian communist, an organizer of the communist movement in Albania....
  
  
• Bardhok Biba
  Bardhok Biba
  Bardhok Biba was a key figure of Mirdita. He was awarded as a People's Hero of Albania.-Life:He was born in Shkodër on January 1920. He educated in the boarding school in Orosh and then in high school in Shkodra...
  
  
• Bule Naipi
  Bule Naipi
  Bule Naipi, People's Heroine of Albania is an Albanian World War II heroine.She was born in 1922 in Gjirokastër, Albania. As a member of the Communist Youth, she joined the Antifascist War. Since the beginnings of her childhood she faced grave difficulties as her father had left the city and...
  
  
• Çerçiz Topulli
  Çerçiz Topulli
  Çerçiz Topulli was an Albanian Renaissance armed fighter, writer, and patriot, and is a People's Hero of Albania. He was the younger brother of Bajo Topulli....
  
  
• Ded Gjo Luli
  Ded Gjo Luli
  Ded Gjo Luli formally known as Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj , was born in Traboin-Hoti . He hails from the tribe of Hot located in the region of Malësia...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Isa Boletini
  Isa Boletini
  Isa Boletini was an Albanian nationalist figure and guerilla fighter, born in the village of Boletin near Mitroviça, Ottoman Empire...
  
  
• Ismail Qemali
  Ismail Qemali
  Ismail Qemal Bej Vlora or commonly Ismail Qemali and in Turkish İsmail Kemal Bey or İsmail Kemal Vlora , was a distinguished leader of the Albanian national movement, founder of the modern Albanian state and its first head of state and government.-Life:He was born in Avlonya to a noble family...
  
  
• Liri Gerro
• Luigj Gurakuqi
  Luigj Gurakuqi
  Luigj Gurakuqi was an Albanian writer and politician. He was an important figure of the Albanian National Awakening and was honoured with the People's Hero of Albania medal.- Life :...
  
  
• Margarita Tutulani
• Mic Sokoli
  Mic Sokoli
  Mic Sokoli was a Kosovan fighter from the League of Prizren. He is a People's Hero of Albania.He participated in the battles of Gjakova against the Turkish Mehmet Ali Pasha, and distinguished himself from other warriors in the Battle of Nokshiq against theMontenegrin aggressors...
  
  
• Misto Mame
  Misto Mame
  Misto Mame is an Albanian World War II People's Hero. He was killed in action against Fascist Italian forces on 16 August 1942.Mame was born in 1921 the son of an ethnic Greek merchant. He was an active participant in the antifascist demonstration and member of the Committee of Tirana of the Party...
  
  
• Mujo Ulqinaku
  Mujo Ulqinaku
  Mujo Ulqinaku , was an Albanian officer of the Royal Albanian Army, known for his resistance on April 7, 1939, to the Italian forces during the Italian Invasion of Albania...
  
  
• Persefoni Kokëdhima
• Qemal Stafa
  Qemal Stafa
  Qemal Stafa was a founding member of the Albanian Communist Party, and the leader of its youth section. He was very active in the National Liberation Movement during World War II. He was killed in a house at the outskirts of Tirana by the Italian fascist forces, who had occupied Albania...
  
  
• Selam Musai
  Selam Musai
  Selam Musa Salaria or Selam Musai was one of the Albanian military leaders of the Vlora War. He died during fighting while showing an extraordinary act of heroism at the advanced age of 63...
  
  
• Themo Vasi
• Vasil Laçi
  Vasil Laçi
  Vasil Laçi , was an Albanian patriot and monarchist who attempted to kill Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy and Shefqet Bej Vërlaci, Prime Minister of Albania after the occupation of Albania by fascist Italy.-Youth:...
  
  
• Vojo Kushi
• Zonja Çurre

See also

• Civil awards and decorations of Albania
  Civil awards and decorations of Albania
  The Civil awards and decorations of Albania are awards and decorations that have been given in Albania since 1925.-History of the awards:In 1925 Ahmet Zogu, while 16th Prime Minister of Albania, instituted the awards....
  
  
• Hero of Socialist Labour (Albania)
  Hero of Socialist Labour (Albania)
  Hero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in Albania and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...