Albania: Political flags in People's Republic

Last modified: 2006-05-06 by ivan sache
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• Albanian Communist Party (Second World War)
• Albanian Labour Party (1946-92)
• Youth organization of the ALP (1946-92)
• Union of the Albanian Workers (1946-92)

See also:

• Albania
• People's Republic of Albania (1946-1992)

Albanian Communist Party (Second World War)

Flag of the Albanian Communist Party - Image by Jaume Ollé, 21 April 1999

During the Second World War, the Communist guerillas used a red flag with the hammer and sickle, the emblem of the Albanian Communist Party.

Jaume Ollé, 21 April 1999

Albanian Labour Party [Partia ë Punes ë Shqiperisë] (1946-92)

Flag of the Albanian Labour Party - Image by Jorge Candeias, 21 April 1999

The flag of the Albanian Labour Party (Communist, founded in 1941) is red with the black letters PPSH. In 1992, the Xth Congress of the Party adopted the name of Socialist Party of Albania.

Jaume Ollé, 21 April 1999

SH is the abbreviation for Shqipërise, "Albanian". Therefore I think that there should not be a dot after the S.

Željko Heimer, 21 April 1999

Youth organization of the ALP (1946-92)

Flag of the youth organization of the ALP - Image by Jorge Candeias, 21 April 1999

Union of the Albanian Workers (1946-92)

Flag of the Union of the Albanian Workers - Image by Jorge Candeias, 21 April 1999

The Union of the Albanian Workers was the Communist trade union.

Jaume Ollé, 21 April 1999

See above the remark about S.H.