Fiqirete Shehu

Fiqirete Shehu (née Sanxhaktari; 17 November 1919 – 11 September 1988) was an Albanian politician during the Communist Era. She was the wife of former Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu.[1][2]

Fiqirete Shehu-Sanxhaktari
Assumed office
April 1952
Personal details
Born(1919-11-17)November 17, 1919
Albania
DiedSeptember 11, 1988(1988-09-11) (aged 68)
Zejmen, Albania
NationalityAlbanian
Political partyParty of Labour of Albania
Spouse(s)Mehmet Shehu

She was born on 17 November 1919. Shehu was member of the General Council of the Party of Labour of Albania since April 1952. She also served as Director of the Political V.I. Lenin Higher Party School (Albanian: Shkolla e Lartë e Partisë "V.I. Lenin") in Tirana.

After the death of her husband, Mehmet Shehu, in 1981, she was tried and convicted of being an agent of multiple foreign intelligence services, and was imprisoned and later interned with her family. Shehu died in internment on 11 September 1988. She was buried in the cemetery of the prison near Zejmen (Lezhë District). Her body was retrieved after 1990 by her family.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Krisma nga Mallkastra" [Gunshots from Mallakaster], Revista Klan (in Albanian), "Media 6" Publishing (527–534): 238, 2007, OCLC 54792537
  2. Emile Ginard (1996), E paharrueshmja shqipëri: kujtime të një kohe të vështirë, 1966-1968, Toena, p. 54, OCLC 652374370
  3. Ermira Isufaj (2015-05-25), Rrëfimi, si u varros Fiqirete Shehu në Zejmen [Narration: how Fiqirete Shehu got buried in Zejmen] (in Albanian), Gazeta Panorama ONLINE
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