Behar Shtylla Explained

Behar Shtylla
Nationality:Albanian
Office1:Minister of Foreign Affairs
Term Start1:23 July 1953
Term End1:16 March 1966
Primeminister1:Enver Hoxha
Mehmet Shehu
Predecessor1:Enver Hoxha
Successor1:Nesti Nase
Order2:23rd Speaker of the Parliament of Albania
Term Start2:13 January 1969
Term End2:20 November 1970
Predecessor2:Abdyl Këllezi
Successor2:Fadil Paçrami
Birth Date:11 March 1918
Birth Place:Korçë, Albania
Death Place:Tirana, Albania
Signature:Behar Shtylla (nënshkrim).svg

Behar Shtylla (11 March 1918[1]  - 8 December 1994) was an Albanian diplomat, member of the Central Committee of the Party of Labour of Albania[2] and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1953 to 1966.[3]

Shtylla was one of the most experienced and versatile Albanian diplomats, starting as the preferred person of Enver Hoxha to work in Albania's foreign affairs. His first nomination was as a plenipotentiary ambassador in Paris. In 1953 he replaced Enver Hoxha as Foreign Minister,[4] remaining in the post for 13 years until 1966.

Notes and References

  1. Book: International Directory of Foreign Ministers, 1589-1989: Supplement, 1945-1995. 9783598112768. Truhart. Peter. 1996.
  2. Book: Studime Filologjike, Akademia e Shkencave e RPSSH, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë . 1971 . 183 .
  3. Web site: Albanian ministries, etc.
  4. Book: Pearson, Owen . Albania as dictatorship and democracy: from isolation to the Kosovo War Volume III . The Centre for Albanian Studies . 2006 . 461 . Bloomsbury Academic . 9781845111052 .