Committee of the Mountains

Committee of the Mountains
Komiteti i Maleve
LeadersGjon Markagjoni
Ndue Markagjoni
Mark Markagjoni
Sander "Llesh" Markagjoni
Ndue Pjeter Gjomarkaj
Ndue Gjon Melyshi
Dates of operation1945-1950
Dissolved1950
Active regionsMirdita
IdeologyAlbanian nationalism
Anti-communism
Traditionalism
Catholic social teaching
OpponentsPeople's Socialist Republic of Albania
Organization(s)Free Albania National Committee
Anti-Communist Resistance in Albania
Part of the Cold War, Anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe
Date1945-1950
Location
Albania, Mirdita
Result

Communist Victory

  • Dissolution of The Committee of The Mountains
  • Government Power is Established over Mirdita
Belligerents
People's Socialist Republic of Albania Committee of the Mountains
Albanian Anti-Communists
Commanders and leaders
Enver Hoxha
Mehmet Shehu
Beqir Ndou
Bardhok Biba X
Pal Mëlyshi †		 Gjon Markagjoni (Political Leader)
Ndue Markagjoni Executed
Mark Markagjonii †
Sander "Llesh" Markagjoni †
Units involved
Sigurimi Free Albania National Committee
Strength
Unknown 12,000 Albanian Anti-Communists (Mostly Landowners, Merchants and Catholics)
Casualties and losses
Unknown 300 Sent to Labour Camps,Prison,or deported
14 Executed
3 Teachers Killed by Anti-Communists

The Committee of the Mountains (Albanian: Komiteti i Maleve), also the National Committee of the Mountains (Albanian: Komiteti Kombëtar i Maleve) was an Albanian anti-communist underground organization active in the northern Mirdita region in the second half of the 1940s. Created on the basis of the Mirdita clan of Markagjoni. It advocated for Albanian nationalism, traditional values and right-wing ideologies. The Committee led an armed struggle against the ruling Communist Party of Albania, and committed a number of attacks, assaults against the Communist state.