Albania, 1946 — dissident coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a dissident coup conspiracy in Albania on 9 September 1946, during the consolidation of power by the communist government of Enver Hoxha in the first year of the People's Republic. Albania had been proclaimed a people's republic on 11 January 1946 after the deposition of the absent King Zog, and between 1945 and 1950 the Hoxha government carried out extrajudicial killings, purges, and show trials to eliminate anti-communists and internal rivals. In late 1945 and early 1946 the pro-Yugoslav hardliner Koci Xoxe and other party figures purged moderates who had pressed for contacts with the West and political pluralism, while the regime crushed real and alleged opposition.
No discrete documentation of a distinct coup plot on this specific date appears in accessible English sources, but the period was one of pervasive conspiracy accusations and repression. Hoxha survived every challenge and ruled Albania until his death in 1985.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
33909091946
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Prime Minister Enver Hoxha consolidated power and ruled Albania until his death in 1985.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
New York Times
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