Its interim Prime Minister was Secretary-General Enver Hoxha of the Communist Party of Albania.

The government was led by the National Liberation Movement (LANÇ), which in turn was dominated by the Communist Party.

It sidelined the nationalist Balli Kombëtar, a task made somewhat easier by large amounts of British support.

King Zog I was effectively dethroned; the Democratic Government barred him from ever returning to the country.

By this time, the LANÇ had transformed itself into the Democratic Front of Albania, which was the only organization to contest the election.