Feçor Shehu
{{Short description|Albanian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Feçor Shehu
| image = Feçor Shehu.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, 1948
| 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 = {{Birth date|1926|3|26}}
| birth_place = Mallakaster District, Albania
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|9|15|1926|3|26}}
| death_place = Linzë, Albania
| death_cause = Execution by firing squad
| nationality = Albanian
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| party = Party of Labour of Albania
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| signature = Feçor Shehu (nënshkrim).svg
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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.{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kV-2AgAAQBAJ&q=Fe%C3%A7or+Shehu&pg=PT115|author= Bernard A. Cook|title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia| year=2001| publisher=Garland Publishing, Inc| location=New York|isbn= 9780815340577 |oclc=733351567}}
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.{{Cite journal|last=Idrizi|first=Idrit|date=2021-08-19|title=Enver Hoxha's Last Purge: Inside the Ruling Circle of Communist Albania (1981–1983)|journal=East European Politics and Societies|volume=36 |issue=4 |language=en|pages=1091–1110|doi=10.1177/08883254211036184|s2cid=238716933 |issn=0888-3254|doi-access=free}} 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,{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rpu4AAAAIAAJ&q=Fe%C3%A7or+Shehu| title=Nën peshën e dhunës| author=Todi Lubonja|publisher=Mësonjëtorja| year=1998|page=128|oclc=45330078}} Xhavit Ismailaga, and many others from the ranks of the army and police were sent to trial and condemned.{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5BpAAAAMAAJ&q=Fe%C3%A7or+Shehu|pages=37–38| author=Elez Biberaj|title=Albania: a socialist maverick|year=1990| publisher=Westview Press|isbn=9780813305134}} Feçor Shehu was executed, together with Hazbiu, on 15 September 1983.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tiranaobserver.al/kush-ishin-50-politikanet-qe-provuan-qeline/ |title=Who were the politicians that tried the jail (in Albanian) - Tirana Observer |access-date=2015-12-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075037/http://www.tiranaobserver.al/kush-ishin-50-politikanet-qe-provuan-qeline/ |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} His remains were discovered in 1995.{{Cite web |url=http://www.index.al/index.php/dossier/1466-pas-12-vjetesh-u-gjet-kufoma-e-fecor-shehut |title=Pas 12 vjetësh u gjet kufoma e Feçor Shehut, 04 August 2013 (in Albanian) |access-date=27 September 2015 |archive-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928175639/http://www.index.al/index.php/dossier/1466-pas-12-vjetesh-u-gjet-kufoma-e-fecor-shehut |url-status=dead }}
Legacy
Shehu is remembered for his brutal interrogation tactics with political prisoners or persons of interest.{{Cite web |url=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/ |title=Telat Agolli: Feçor Shehu më mbajti 2 vjet të lidhur këmbë e duar që të më vinte në shërbim të UDB-së |access-date=2015-09-27 |archive-date=2015-09-28 |archive-url=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/ |url-status=dead }} He is also mentioned as a pervert and rapist of young athlete women,{{Cite web |url=http://opozita.com/2014/11/21/fecor-shehu-me-nder-mallakastres-ishte-pervers-ja-orgjite-me-volejbollistet-e-dinamos/ |title=Feçor Shehu, me "Nder Mallakastrës" ishte pervers. Ja orgjitë me volejbollistet e Dinamos (in Albanian) |access-date=2015-09-27 |archive-url=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/ |archive-date=2015-12-18 |url-status=dead }}[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)] and especially of arrested women who were being held by the Sigurimi.[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)] 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.{{Cite web |url=http://tvklan.al/skandal-ne-ballsh-fecor-shehu-ish-ministri-i-kohes-se-diktatures-shpallet-qytetar-nderi-2/ |title=Skandal në Ballsh! Feçor Shehu, ish- Ministri i kohës së diktaturës shpallet qytetar nderi - TV Klan, November 21 2014 (in Albanian) |access-date=2015-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928072759/http://tvklan.al/skandal-ne-ballsh-fecor-shehu-ish-ministri-i-kohes-se-diktatures-shpallet-qytetar-nderi-2/ |archive-date=2015-09-28 |url-status=dead }}[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)]{{Cite web |url=http://illyriapress.com/perjashtohen-nga-pd-dy-keshilltaret-qe-shpallen-feqorr-shehun-qytetar-nderi/ |title=Illyria Press, Përjashtohen nga PD dy këshilltarët që shpallën Feqorr Shehun "Qytetar Nderi" (in Albanian) |access-date=2015-09-27 |archive-date=2015-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928170941/http://illyriapress.com/perjashtohen-nga-pd-dy-keshilltaret-qe-shpallen-feqorr-shehun-qytetar-nderi/ |url-status=dead }}[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)]