King of Albania | |
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Coat of Arms | |
Incumbent | |
Leka II | |
Details | |
Style | His Majesty |
Heir apparent | Skender Zogu (1st Cousin) |
First monarch | Zog I |
Formation | 1946 |
The King of Albania is the official head of state of Albania.
History[]
When Albania was part of the Balkan Union, the governor of Albania, Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli, was forced to flee when Italian troops invaded. In 1945, he returned as part of the London Pact liberation of the Balkans. With the aid of royalist and democrat factions, the London Pact liberated the capital of Tirana. In order to escape the grasp of Russia, which was about to conquer the rest of the Balkan Union, Zogolli declared Albania was independent, and to create an alliance between the royalists and the democrats, Zogolli was declared King Zog I, and ruled alongside a democratic parliament.
List of Kings[]
Ruler | Image | Dynasty | Reign Began | Reign Ended |
Zog I | Zogu | 1946 | November 3, 1957 | |
Leka I | Zogu | November 3, 1957 | November 30, 2011 | |
Leka II | Zogu | November 30, 2011 | Present Day |