Cabinet Shehu V
The Shehu V cabinet was a government of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania , formed on November 23, 1970 by Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu of the Party of Labor of Albania PPSh (Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë) . It replaced the Shehu IV cabinet and remained in office until October 29, 1974, after which it was replaced by the Shehu VI cabinet .
The government reshuffle followed the parliamentary elections on September 20, 1970. With one exception, all ministers were already in the previous cabinet: Haki Toska was replaced by Xhafer Spahiu . Toska was subsequently secretary of the Central Committee until November 1976 .
1973 Myqerem Fuga was added as Minister for Light and Food Industry . The only other change during those four years involved longtime Defense Minister Beqir Balluku , who fell out of favor in Hoxha's summer 1974 and was removed from office on July 10. Balluku had publicly stated that he assessed the threat situation differently than Hoxha. He was sentenced to death , along with two other senior military officials, for attempted military coups and treason , and was executed on November 5, 1974.
| Office | Official | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Mehmet Shehu | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Beqir Balluku | November 23, 1970 | July 10, 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Xhafer Spahiu | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Adil Çarçani | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers | Spiro Koleka | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Defense Minister | Beqir Balluku | November 23, 1970 | July 10, 1974 |
| Interior minister | Kadri Hazbiu | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Chairman of the State Planning Commission | Abdyl Këllezi | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Foreign minister | Nesti's nose | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Industry Minister | Koço Theodhosi | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Communications minister | Milo Qirko | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Minister for Education and Culture | Thoma Deljana | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Finance minister | Aleks Verli | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Foreign Trade Minister | Kiço Ngjela | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Pirro Dodbiba | November 23, 1970 | October 29, 1974 |
| Minister for Light and Food Industry | Myqerem Fuga | 1st January 1973 | October 29, 1974 |
Web links
- Cabinet Shehu V
- Politburo and Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PPSh 1948–1991
- People's Assembly of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Albania: Key Ministries
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Owen Pearson: Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy: From Isolation to the Kosovo War 1946-1998 . Ed .: The Center for Albanian Studies (= Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History . Volume Three). IB Tauris, London 2006, ISBN 1-84511-105-2 , October 6th, 1974, pp. 632 : "[...] although he had not been present at official functions since July 10th, when he was removed from all his political posts."