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Fadil Hoxha | |
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2nd, 8th President of the People's Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija | |
In office 11 July 1945 – 20 February 1953 | |
Preceded by | Mehmed Hoxha |
Succeeded by | Ismet Saqiri |
In office 24 June 1967 – 7 May 1969 | |
Preceded by | Stanoje Akšić |
Succeeded by | Ilaz Kurteshi |
1st President of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija | |
In office 1945–1963 | |
Preceded by | Position created |
Succeeded by | Ali Shukrija |
Vice-President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia | |
In office 1978–1979 | |
Preceded by | Stevan Doronjski |
Succeeded by | Lazar Koliševski |
Personal details | |
Born | Gjakova, Kingdom of Montenegro (now Gjakova, Kosovo) | 15 March 1916
Died | 22 April 2001 Pristina, Kosovo under UN administration | (aged 85)
Nationality | Yugoslav |
Political party | League of Communists of Yugoslavia |
Occupation | Teacher, Partisan, statesman |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
Branch/service | Yugoslav People's Army |
Years of service | 1941–45 |
Rank | commander |
Commands | Albanian Partisans |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Fadil Hoxha (Serbo-Croatian: Фадиљ Хоџа, Fadilj Hodža; 15 March 1916 – 22 April 2001) was a Yugoslavian ethnic-Albanian communist revolutionary and politician from Kosovo. He was a member of the Communist Party and fought in the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II. After the war, he was the first President of the Executive Council of the Autonomous Region of Kosovo and Metohija (1945–1963) and later member of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1974–1984).