1944 in Albania
The following lists events that happened during 1944 in the People's Republic of Albania.
Incumbents
- President: Mehdi Frashëri, Chairman of the High Council, Omer Nishani, Chairman of the Presidium
- Prime Minister: Rexhep Bej Mitrovica, Fiqri Dine, Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Enver Hoxha
Events
;January- The National Liberation Movement, supplied with British weapons, gained control of southern Albania.
- The Communists met to organize an Albanian government and appointed Hoxha chairman of the executive committee and supreme commander of the National Liberation Movement.
- Communists establish provisional government with Hoxha as Prime Minister.
- The Communists entered the capital in the wake of a German withdrawal.
- Communist provisional government adopts laws allowing state regulation of commercial enterprises, foreign and domestic trade.
Births
- 12 January - Fatos Kongoli, writer
- 17 August - Rexhep Meidani, politician, former President of Albania
- 6 September - Skënder Hyka, footballer
- 15 October - Sali Berisha, cardiologist and politician, former President and Prime minister of Albania
Deaths
- 23 January - Rauf Fico, diplomat and politician
- February - Fuat Dibra, politician
- 1 February - Vasil Shanto, one of the founders of the Albanian Communist Party
- 5 March - Ismail Ndroqi, politician and philosopher
- 7 August - Skënder Muço, lawyer and leader of Balli Kombëtar
- September - Llazar Fundo, communist, later social-democratic journalist and writer