▁was ▁set ▁up ▁in ▁Alban ia ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁L les hi ▁became ▁interior ▁minister ▁and ▁served ▁in ▁that ▁position ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁to ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁His ▁name ▁was ▁mentioned ▁in ▁a ▁C IA ▁report ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁as ▁a ▁Y ug oslav ian ▁inform ant , ▁together ▁with ▁Mys ly m ▁Pe za . ▁ ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁L les hi ▁became ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Pres id ium ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Assembly ▁of ▁Alban ia , ▁a ▁post ▁equivalent ▁to ▁that ▁of ▁president . ▁He ▁was ▁nomin ally ▁the ▁third ▁most ▁powerful ▁man ▁in ▁Alban ia , ▁behind ▁general ▁secretary ▁En ver ▁H ox ha ▁and ▁prime ▁minister ▁Me h met ▁She hu . ▁During ▁L les hi ' s ▁time ▁in ▁power , ▁Alban ia ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁independent ▁commun ist ▁nations , ▁as ▁it ▁fe ud ed ▁with ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁became ▁an ▁al ly ▁of ▁the ▁People ' s ▁Republic ▁of ▁China , ▁and ▁then ▁fe ud ed ▁with ▁China ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁ ▁L les hi ▁retired ▁from ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁chairman ▁of ▁the ▁Pres id ium ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁after ▁nearly ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁in ▁office , ▁when ▁H ox ha ▁res h uff led ▁the ▁government . ▁H ox ha ▁died