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Mehmet Ismail Shehu (January 10, 1913 – December 18, 1981) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known as a close confidant of Enver Hoxha and served in various high-ranking positions in the government.
May 8, 2024 · Mehmet Shehu (born January 10, 1913, Corush, Albania—died December 17, 1981, Tirana) was an Albanian politician who served as interior minister (1948–54) and chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) of Albania (1954–81). He was also Albania’s minister of defense from 1974 to 1980.
Dec 19, 1981 · Mehmet Shehu survived decades of often murderous ideological infighting, sending many dissenters to their death, as he directed the day-to-day affairs of his mountainous country through...
Nov 6, 2019 · On 18 December 1981, Tirana Radio announced that Albania’s long-time premier Mehmet Shehu had committed suicide the previous night ‘in a moment of nervous crisis’.
May 19, 2016 · Mehmet Ismail Shehu, the son of an Imam, was born in 1913 in Çorrush, in Southern Albania. Until today, he is known as one of the most prominent Albanian Communist Partisans during the Second World War and as a leading figure of the Albanian resistance before Enver Hoxha seized power.
In December 1981 Shehu committed suicide in mysterious circumstances. It was rumoured that he had been murdered at a meeting of the Albanian Politburo. The Albanian leader, Enver Hoxha denounced Shehu as an agent of the British, Yugoslav, US, and Soviet intelligence services.
Aug 19, 2021 · The night before 18 December 1981, Mehmet Shehu, communist Albania’s prime minister since 1954, committed suicide after severe criticism from his politburo comrades and under circumstances that have yet to be fully established.
