Zog, Leka, 1939-2011

LC control no.	n 99040036
Personal name heading	Zog, Leka, 1939-2011 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Leka I, King of Albania, 1939-2011 Leka I Zogu, King of Albania, 1939-2011
Found in	Mbreti në atdhe, 1998: p. 5 (Leka I; king of Albania) p. 8 (b. Apr. 5, 1939) Hutchings, R. Hist. dict. of Albania, p. 259, etc. (Zog, Leka; b. Apr. 5, 1939; son of King Zog; left Albania when only 3 days old; since then has lived abroad in various countries; retains the title of king and a claim to the Albanian throne) Comm. on Secur. and Coop. in Europe, Wash. DC. Albania's parliamentary elections of 1997 WWW site, 05-27-99 (Leka, son of former King Zog who has lived abroad in Spain, UK, France, and South Afr. since his family fled Albania in 1939 returned to Albania in Apr. 1997 to campaign for the referendum to restore the monarchy; however in the elections held in June-July 1997 2/3 of Albanians voted to retain the Republic rather than return to a Monarchist form of gov.) Telegraph WWW site, Dec. 1, 2011 (Leka I Zogu; b. Apr. 5, 1939; d. Nov. 30, 2011; was the self-proclaimed heir to the Albanian throne but never ruled the Balkan state)