| Property | Value |
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| rdf:type | |
| rdfs:label | - Albanian Rebellion of 1997
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| rdfs:comment | - By January 1997, the inevitable end came, and the people of Albania, who had lost $1.2 billion (out of a small population of three million), took their protest to the streets. Beginning in February, thousands of citizens launched daily protests demanding reimbursement by the government, which they believed was profiting from the schemes. On 1 March, Prime Minister Aleksandër Meksi resigned and on 2 March, President Sali Berisha declared a state of emergency. On 11 March, the Socialist Party of Albania won a major victory when their leader Bashkim Fino was appointed prime minister. However, the transfer of power did not halt the unrest, as protests spread to northern Albania. Although the government quelled revolts in the north, the ability of the government and military to maintain order b
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| side | - United States Armed Forces
- German Armed Forces
- Greek Armed Forces ( and humanitarian aid)
- Government of Sali Berisha
*SHISH
*Part of the Albanian police
*Republican Guard
*Voluntary forces from Northern Albania
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Italian Armed Forces
- Rebels
* Armed civilians who lost their money
* Socialist Party of Albania
* Armed gangs from Southern Albania
* Albanian Army defectors
* Salvation Committees
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| Date | |
| Name | |
| Caption | - Evacuation of U.S. citizens during Operation Silver Wake
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| Casualties | |
| Result | - New Parliamentary Elections
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| Place | |
| Causes | - Pyramid schemes failure, economic crisis
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| primaryleaders | - ----
Arben Imami
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Leka I
- Albert Shyti
- Bashkim Gazidede
- Government allies
- Gramoz Ruci
- Lt Col Dimitrios Tzimanis
- Rebels leaders
- Ridvan Peshkëpia
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Neritan Ceka
- Safet Zhulali
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Col Henning Glawatz
- Sali Berisha
- Skënder Gjinushi
- Zani Çaushi
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| Conflict | |
| Units | - 803
- 30000
- Unknown
- > 100 soldiers
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| abstract | - By January 1997, the inevitable end came, and the people of Albania, who had lost $1.2 billion (out of a small population of three million), took their protest to the streets. Beginning in February, thousands of citizens launched daily protests demanding reimbursement by the government, which they believed was profiting from the schemes. On 1 March, Prime Minister Aleksandër Meksi resigned and on 2 March, President Sali Berisha declared a state of emergency. On 11 March, the Socialist Party of Albania won a major victory when their leader Bashkim Fino was appointed prime minister. However, the transfer of power did not halt the unrest, as protests spread to northern Albania. Although the government quelled revolts in the north, the ability of the government and military to maintain order began to collapse, especially in the southern half of Albania, which fell under the control of rebels and Socialist forces. All major population centers were engulfed in demonstrations by 13 March and foreign countries began to evacuate their citizens from Albania. These evacuations included Operation Libelle and Operation Silver Wake. The United Nations Security Council, in Resolution 1101, authorized a force of 7,000 on 28 March to direct relief efforts and to restore order to Albania. The UN feared the unrest would spread outside Albania's borders and contribute to even more refugees throughout Europe. On 15 April, the 7,000 troops launched Operation Sunrise, an Italian-led mission which helped restore rule of law to the country. After the unrest, over three million guns were transported to Kosovo and the guerrilla forces of the ethnic Albanian Kosovo Liberation Army received considerable armament.
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