Ilir Hoxha

{{short description|Albanian communist}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ilir Enver Hoxha

| image =

| nationality = Albanian

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|3|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tirana, PR Albania

| party = Party of Labour of Albania

| spouse = Teuta Hoxha

| children = Besmir
Ermal
Shkelzen

| parents = Enver Hoxha (Father), Nexhmije Hoxha (Mother)

| relatives = Sokol Hoxha (Brother), Pranvera Hoxha (Sister), Halil Hoxha (Grandfather), Gjylihan/Gjylo Hoxha née Çuçi (Grandmother), Hysen Hoxha (Great uncle), Beqir Hoxha (Great Grandfather)

| occupation = Politics, businessman

}}

Ilir Hoxha (born March 31, 1949, in Tirana, Albania) is one of the sons of former Albanian leader Enver Hoxha.{{cite news

|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q5hSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bDYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1060,2541904&dq=ilir-hoxha&hl=en

|title=Dictator's two sons bitter about status

|date=17 January 1993

|work=The Victoria Advocate

|page=5

|accessdate=22 May 2012}} Ilir was imprisoned in 1995, but was released in 1996.{{cite news

|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB6BE6BA2C3EA1F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

|title=Son of late dictator freed after year in jail

|date=April 18, 1996

|newspaper=Akron Beacon Journal

|page=A9

|quote=Ilir Hoxha, son of Albania's late Stalinist dictator, Enver Hoxha, was freed after a year in prison for criticizing those who tore down monuments honoring his...

|accessdate=22 May 2012

|location=Akron, Ohio}} Ilir has been called in to testify several times in an attempt to disclose secrets from the previous socialist era. Ilir wrote a memoir in 1995 called "My Father, Enver Hoxha".{{cite web

|url=http://www.oneparty.co.uk/compass/compass/com13604.html

|title=My Father, Enver Hoxha

|last=Hoxha

|first=Ilir

|publisher=Communist Party Alliance

|accessdate=22 May 2012}} The article recounts Ilir's memories of his father's death, the impact it had on the family, his mother's struggles, and also the investigation and prosecution that was conducted on him after his father's death.

During the 2005 election campaign in Albania, Ilir campaigned for candidates of the Party of Labour of Albania.{{cite news

|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10AE521733E409CC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

|title=Son of Albania's ex-communist leader campaigns for Party of Labour

|date=June 21, 2005

|publisher=BBC Monitoring Service

|accessdate=May 22, 2012}}