Ramiz Alia, an Enforcer for a Dictator and Later Ruler of Albania, Dies at 85

By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Ramiz Alia, a cult-of-personality enforcer who succeeded Albania's Communist dictator Enver Hoxha after his death in 1985 and presided over halting and often chaotic moves toward democracy before his own downfall in 1992, ... Ramiz Alia, an Enforcer for a Dictator and Later Ruler of Albania, Dies at 85