Albanian Fascist Party
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The Albanian Fascist Party (Albanian: Partia Fashiste Shqiptare, or PFSh) was a fascist organisation active during World War II which held nominal power in Albania from 1939, when the country was invaded by Italy, until 1943, when Italy capitulated to the Allies. Afterwards, Albania fell under German occupation, and the PFSh was replaced by the Balli Kombëtar.
History
Establishment
On 25 March 1939, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini gave Albanian King Zog I an ultimatum demanding that he accept an Italian military protectorate over Albania.[1] Zog refused, and the Italians invaded on 7 April and deposed him.[2] Zog fled the country.[3] The Italians re-established the Albanian state as the protectorate of the Kingdom of Italy.[2]
On 11 April, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano arranged for a group of well-known Albanians to "request" the formation of the Albanian Fascist Party (Albanian: Partia Fashiste e Shqipërisë, or PFSh). On 23 April, Achille Starace, the Secretary of the National Fascist Party (Italian: Partito Nazionale Fascista, or PNF), accompanied by two Regia Marina warships, arrived in Albania to officially announce the establishment of the PFSh,[4] which was founded on 2 June.[5] However, it did not receive its constitution until 6 June, and was not presented with an organised directorate and central council until March 1940.[4]
Italian rule
The PFSh enacted laws that prevented Albanian Jews from joining, and excluded them from professions such as education.[6] Composed of ethnic Albanians and Italian colonists in Albania,[7] the party existed as a branch of the PNF, and members were required to swear an oath of loyalty to Mussolini.[8] All Albanians serving the Italian occupiers were required to join, and it became the only legal political party in the country.[9]
List of ministers
Ministers secretaries of the Albanian Fascist Party
- Tefik Mborja (1939–1941)
- Jup Kazazi [sq] (1941–1943)
- Kol Bib Mirakaj [sq] (1943)
Ministers secretaries of the Guard of Great Albania
- Maliq Bushati (1943)
- Ekrem Libohova (1943)
"Geraca" (rank insignia) of the Albanian Fascist Party
See also
Notes
- ^ Bideleux & Jeffries 2007, pp. 30–31.
- ^ a b Fischer 1999, pp. 21–57.
- ^ Lemkin 2008, p. 99.
- ^ a b Fischer 1999, p. 45.
- ^ Elsie 2012, p. 426.
- ^ Frank 2010, p. 97.
- ^ Fischer 1999, pp. 45–46.
- ^ Lemkin 2008, p. 102.
- ^ Bideleux & Jeffries 2007, p. 31.
References
- Bideleux, Robert; Jeffries, Ian (2007). The Balkans: A Post-Communist History. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-203-96911-3.
- Elsie, Robert (2012). A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. London: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 978-1-78076-431-3.
- Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania at War, 1939–1945. West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue Research Foundation. ISBN 1-55753-141-2.
- Frank, Chaim (2010). Petersen, Hans-Christian; Salzborn, Samuel (eds.). Antisemitism in Eastern Europe: History and Present in Comparison. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang. ISBN 978-3-631-59828-3.
- Lemkin, Raphael (2008). Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. Clark, New Jersey: The Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 978-1-58477-901-8.
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