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The '''Politburo''' ({{Langx|sq|Byroja politike}}) was the leading organ of the [[Party of Labour of Albania]]. It comprised key government ministers and Central Committee secretaries and served as the main administrative and policy-making body, convening on a weekly basis.
The following is the composition of the Politburo that would be formed after every Congress of the Party. The politburo for the 1941–48 period is not included.
== Politburo members ==
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| {{rbox|1st Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(8-22.11.1948)'''''<ref name="ALBBURO">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/albburo.htm#17.7.1954 |title=Albania Politburo 1944-1991 |access-date=2018-08-27 |archive-date=2019-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211232347/http://www.kolumbus.fi/taglarsson/dokumentit/albburo.htm#17.7.1954 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>
1. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
2. [[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
3. [[Hysni Kapo]]<br>
4. [[Beqir Balluku]]<br>
5. [[Gogo Nushi]]<br>
6. [[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
7. [[Tuk Jakova]] (1951)<br>
8. [[Bedri Spahiu]]<br>
9. [[Liri Belishova]]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
| {{rbox|2nd Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(3-6.4.1952)'''''<br>
1. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
2. [[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
3. [[Hysni Kapo]]<br>
4. [[Beqir Balluku]]<br>
5. [[Gogo Nushi]]<br>
6. [[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
7. [[Liri Belishova]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
2. [[Rita Marko]]<br>
3. [[Pilo Peristeri]]<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
| {{rbox|3rd Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(3-5.6.1956)'''''<br>
1. [[Beqir Balluku]]<br>
2. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
3. [[Gogo Nushi]]<br>
4. [[Hysni Kapo]]<br>
5. [[Liri Belishova]] (9.9.1960)<br>
6. [[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
7. [[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
8. [[Rita Marko]]<br>
9. [[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
10.[[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Koço Theodhosi]]<br>
2. [[Pilo Peristeri]]<br>
3. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
4. [[Haki Toska]]<br>
5. [[Rrapo Dervishi]]<br>
6. [[Ramiz Alia]] (9.9.1960)<br>
| {{rbox|4th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(13-20.2.1961)'''''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gESOAgAAQBAJ&dq=politburo+albania&pg=PA154 Eastern Christianity and the Cold War, 1945-91, p.154]</ref><br>
1. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
2. [[Beqir Balluku]]<br>
3. [[Gogo Nushi]]<br>
4. [[Hysni Kapo]]<br>
5. [[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
6. [[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
7. [[Rita Marko]]<br>
8. [[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
9. [[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
10.[[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
11.[[Haki Toska]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Koço Theodhosi]]<br>
2. [[Petrit Dume]]<br>
3. [[Pilo Peristeri]]<br>
4. [[Kadri Hazbiu]]<br><br>
| {{rbox|5th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(1-8.11.1966)'''''<br>
1. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
2. [[Beqir Balluku]]<br>
3. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
4. [[Gogo Nushi]]<br>
5. [[Haki Toska]]<br>
6. [[Hysni Kapo]]<br>
7. [[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
8. [[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
9. [[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
10.[[Rita Marko]]<br>
11.[[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Kadri Hazbiu]] (7.11.1971)<br>
2. [[Koço Theodhosi]] (7.11.1971)<br>
3. [[Petrit Dume]]<br>
4. [[Abdyl Këllezi]] (7.11.1971)<br>
5. [[Pilo Peristeri]]<br>
|}
Generally, the Central Committee approved Politburo reports and policy decisions. The Secretariat was responsible for guiding the day-to-day affairs of the Party, in particular for organising the execution of Politburo decisions and for selecting Party and government cadres.
{|
| {{rbox|6th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(1-7.11.1971)'''''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=HTU1AAAAIAAJ&q=pilo+peristeri The International Year Book and Statesmen's Who's Who, 1983 International Publications Service, Jan 1, 1983, p.23]</ref><br>
1. [[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
2. [[Beqir Balluku]] (10.7.1974)<br>
3. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
4. [[Kadri Hazbiu]]<br>
5. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
6. [[Hysni Kapo]]<br>
7. [[Abdyl Këllezi]] (Sep 1975)<br>
8. [[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
9. [[Rita Marko]]<br>
10.[[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
11.[[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
12.[[Haki Toska]]<br>
13.[[Koço Theodhosi]] (Sep 1975)<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Pirro Dodbiba]] (Apr 1976)<br>
2. [[Petrit Dume]] (1974)<br>
3. [[Pilo Peristeri]]<br>
4. [[Xhafer Spahiu]] (7.11.1976)<br><br>
| {{rbox|7th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(1-7.11.1976)'''''<ref>{{citation| title=Yearbook in Communist Affairs| edition = 1977 | author=Richard Staar| publisher=Hoover Press| year=1977}}</ref><br>
1. [[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
2. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
3. [[Llambi Gegprifti]]<br>
4. [[Kadri Hazbiu]]<br>
5. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
6. [[Hekuran Isai]]<br>
7. [[Hysni Kapo]] (23.9.1979)<br>
8. [[Spiro Koleka]]<br>
9. [[Rita Marko]]<br>
10.[[Pali Miska]]<br>
11.[[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
12.[[Haki Toska]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Lenka Çuko]]<br>
2. [[Qirjako Mihali]]<br>
3. [[Pilo Peristeri]]<br>
4. [[Simon Stefani]]<br><br><br>
| {{rbox|8th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(1.7.11.1981)'''''<ref>{{citation| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugeMgomY7hAC&q=1981+albanian+party+of+labor+politburo&pg=PA4| title=Communist Regimes in Eastern Europe| edition = 4 | author=Richard Staar| page=10 | publisher=Hoover Press| year=1982| lccn=81-84232 | isbn =0-8179-7692-2 }}</ref><br>
1. [[Enver Hoxha]]<br>
2. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
3. [[Hajredin Çeliku]]<br>
4. [[Hekuran Isai]]<br>
5. [[Kadri Hazbiu]]<br>
6. [[Lenka Çuko]]<br>
7. [[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
8. [[Mehmet Shehu]]<br>
9. [[Muho Asllani]]<br>
10.[[Pali Miska]]<br>
11.[[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
12.[[Rita Marko]]<br>
13.[[Simon Stefani]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Besnik Bekteshi]]<br>
2. [[Foto Çami]]<br>
3. [[Llambi Gegprifti]]<br>
4. [[Prokop Murra]]<br>
5. [[Qirjako Mihali]]<br>
| {{rbox|9th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(3-8.11.1986)'''''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IHsEAQAAIAAJ&q=pirro+kondi Communist and Marxist parties of the world, Charles Hobday, Roger East, Longman, 1990, p.167]</ref><br>
1. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
2. [[Hajredin Çeliku]]<br>
3. [[Hekuran Isai]]<br>
4. [[Lenka Çuko]]<br>
5. [[Manush Myftiu]]<br>
6. [[Muho Asllani]]<br>
7. [[Pali Miska]]<br>
8. [[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
9. [[Rita Marko]]<br>
10.[[Simon Stefani]]<br>
11.[[Prokop Murra]]<br>
12.[[Besnik Bekteshi]]<br>
13.[[Foto Çami]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Kiço Mustaqi]]<br>
2. [[Pirro Kondi]]<br>
3. [[Llambi Gegprifti]]<br>
4. [[Vangjel Çërrava]]<br>
5. [[Qirjako Mihali]]<br>
| {{rbox|10th Congress||#ef4a2e|#fefffe|bold=yes}}<br>
'''''(11-13.6.1991)'''''<ref name="Vickers">{{citation| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEwo1qeK8fQC&q=Niko+Gjyzari&pg=PA297| page=297| title=Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity|editor= Miranda Vickers, James Pettifer| publisher=New York University Press| year=1997| isbn=9780814787953 |oclc=36663098}}</ref><br>
1. [[Ramiz Alia]]<br>
2. [[Muho Asllani]]<br>
3. [[Besnik Bekteshi]]<br>
4. [[Foto Çami]]<br>
5. [[Adil Çarçani]]<br>
6. [[Hajredin Çeliku]]<br>
7. [[Vangjel Çërrava]]<br>
8. [[Lenka Çuko]]<br>
9. [[Xhelil Gjoni]]<br>
10.[[Hekuran Isai]]<br>
11.[[Pali Miska]]<br>
12.[[Kiço Mustaqi]]<br>
13.[[Simon Stefani]]<br>
{{underline|Candidate members}}<br>
1. [[Xhemal Dymylja]]<br>
2. [[Llambi Gegprifti]]<br>
3. [[Niko Gjyzari]]<br>
4. [[Pirro Kondi]]<br>
5. [[Qirjako Mihali]]<br>
|}
==See also==
*[[Politburo]]
*[[Enver Hoxha]]
*[[Party of Labour of Albania]]
*[[Eastern Bloc politics]]
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