Feçor Shehu Explained

Feçor Shehu
Office:Minister of Interior of the People's Republic of Albania
President:Enver Hoxha (First Secretary of the PLA)
Primeminister:Mehmet Shehu
Term Start:27 December 1979
Term End:14 January 1982
Predecessor:Kadri Hazbiu
Successor:Hekuran Isai
Birth Date:26 March 1926
Birth Place:Mallakaster District, Albania
Death Place:Linzë, Albania
Death Cause:Execution by firing squad
Nationality:Albanian
Party:Party of Labour of Albania
Relatives:Mehmet Shehu (cousin)
Signature:Feçor Shehu (nënshkrim).svg

Feçor Shehu (26 March 1926 - 15 September 1983) was a politician of Communist Albania who served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Sigurimi from 1978 to 1982.

Biography

Shehu was born in Mallakaster District in 1923. Although he shares the same surname as Mehmet Shehu, he is not related to Mehmet Shehu.[1] After Shehu's suicide, Feçor Shehu, Fiqrete Shehu, Former Minister of Internal Affair from 1954 to 1978 Kadri Hazbiu, Foreign Minister Nesti Nase, other political figures as Llambi Peçini - Diplomat and Head of Security for Blloku highly restricted area, Llambi Ziçishti - former Minister of Public Health, Xhavit Ismailaga, and many others from the ranks of the army and police were sent to trial and condemned. Feçor Shehu was executed, together with Hazbiu, on 15 September 1983.[2] His remains were discovered in 1995.[3]

Legacy

Shehu is remembered for his brutal interrogation tactics with political prisoners or persons of interest.[4] He is also mentioned as a pervert and rapist of young athlete women,[5] [6] and especially of arrested women who were being held by the Sigurimi.[7] Controversies reached at a maximum when the Municipality of Mallakastër's Council awarded him with the title "Qytetar Nderi" (Honorary citizenship) on 20 November 2014, which led to the expulsion of the DPA councilmen from the Democratic Party of Albania.[8] [9] [10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Idrizi. Idrit. 2021-08-19. Enver Hoxha's Last Purge: Inside the Ruling Circle of Communist Albania (1981–1983). East European Politics and Societies. 36 . 4 . en. 1091–1110. 10.1177/08883254211036184. 238716933 . 0888-3254. free.
  2. Web site: Who were the politicians that tried the jail (in Albanian) - Tirana Observer . 2015-12-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075037/http://www.tiranaobserver.al/kush-ishin-50-politikanet-qe-provuan-qeline/ . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: Pas 12 vjetësh u gjet kufoma e Feçor Shehut, 04 August 2013 (in Albanian) . 27 September 2015 . 28 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928175639/http://www.index.al/index.php/dossier/1466-pas-12-vjetesh-u-gjet-kufoma-e-fecor-shehut . dead .
  4. Web site: Telat Agolli: Feçor Shehu më mbajti 2 vjet të lidhur këmbë e duar që të më vinte në shërbim të UDB-së . 2015-09-27 . 2015-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928005140/http://www.gazetadita.al/telat-agolli-fecor-shehu-me-mbajti-2-vjet-te-lidhur-kembe-e-duar-qe-te-me-vinte-ne-sherbim-te-udb-se/ . dead .
  5. Web site: Feçor Shehu, me "Nder Mallakastrës" ishte pervers. Ja orgjitë me volejbollistet e Dinamos (in Albanian) . 2015-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151218212300/http://opozita.com/2014/11/21/fecor-shehu-me-nder-mallakastres-ishte-pervers-ja-orgjite-me-volejbollistet-e-dinamos/ . 2015-12-18 . dead .
  6. http://www.panorama.com.al/%E2%80%9Cfecor-shehu-abuzoi-seksualisht-me-atleten%E2%80%9D/ Panorama Online - Feçor Shehu abuzoi seksualisht me atleten (in Albanian)
  7. http://www.gazetatema.net/web/2015/01/20/fecor-shehu-erdhi-ne-2-te-nates-ne-qeline-time-dhe-tentoi-te-me-perdhunonte/ Gazeta Tema - Feçor Shehu erdhi në 2 të natës në qelinë time dhe mu vërsul si qen i tërbuar për të më përdhunuar (in Albanian)
  8. Web site: Skandal në Ballsh! Feçor Shehu, ish- Ministri i kohës së diktaturës shpallet qytetar nderi - TV Klan, November 21 2014 (in Albanian) . 2015-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928072759/http://tvklan.al/skandal-ne-ballsh-fecor-shehu-ish-ministri-i-kohes-se-diktatures-shpallet-qytetar-nderi-2/ . 2015-09-28 . dead .
  9. http://www.oranews.tv/vendi/skandal-ne-keshillin-bashkiak-te-ballshit-fecor-shehu-qytetar-nderi/ Skandal në Këshillin Bashkiak të Ballshit, Feçor Shehu "Qytetar Nderi" (in Albanian)
  10. Web site: Illyria Press, Përjashtohen nga PD dy këshilltarët që shpallën Feqorr Shehun "Qytetar Nderi" (in Albanian) . 2015-09-27 . 2015-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928170941/http://illyriapress.com/perjashtohen-nga-pd-dy-keshilltaret-qe-shpallen-feqorr-shehun-qytetar-nderi/ . dead .
  11. http://www.panorama.com.al/votuan-per-fecorr-shehun-pd-perjashton-dy-keshilltaret-artur-shehu-nuk-kam-votuar-u-falsifikua-dokumentacioni/ Gazeta Panorama Online, Votuan për Feçorr Shehun, PD përjashton dy këshilltarët. Artur Shehu: Nuk kam votuar, u falsifikua dokumentacioni (in Albanian)

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