Themie Thomai
{{Short description|Albanian politician (1945–2020)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Themie Thomai
| successor1 = Pali Miska
| image = Themiethomai.jpg
| children = 4
| nationality = Albanian
| leader = Enver Hoxha (First Secretary)
| primeminister = Mehmet Shehu
| preceded1 = Pirro Dodbiba
| office1 = Minister of Agriculture
| birth_date = October 31, 1945
| party = Party of Labour
| occupation = Politician
| education = Agricultural University of Tirana
| death_place = Tiranë, Albania
| death_date = December 19, 2020 (aged 75)
| birth_place = Lushnjë, Albania
| caption = Themie Thomai in 1975
}}
Themie Thomai Prifti (October 31, 1945 – December 19, 2020) was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour.
She served as a Minister of Agriculture from 1986 to 1987.{{Cite web|title=Themie Thomai: Përplasjet e mia me Enverin dhe Mehmetin për Bujqësinë|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/themie-thomai-perplasjet-e-mia-me-enverin-dhe-mehmetin-per-bujqesine/|access-date=2021-08-02|language=sq}}
Career
Themie Thomai initially worked as an agricultural worker {{Cite web|last=admin|title=Ishte kooperativiste, Enver Hoxha e mori dhe e bëri direkt ministre. Kush është Themie Thomai? {{!}} Lajme Flesh|url=https://lajmeflesh.com/ishte-kooperativiste-enver-hoxha-e-mori-dhe-e-beri-direkt-ministre-kush-eshte-themie-thomai/|access-date=2021-08-02|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123182334/https://lajmeflesh.com/ishte-kooperativiste-enver-hoxha-e-mori-dhe-e-beri-direkt-ministre-kush-eshte-themie-thomai/|url-status=dead}} and then completed a degree in Agricultural Sciences at the Agricultural University of Tirana.{{Cite web|title=Kapedanët e bujqësisë shqiptare, nga Ahmet Osja te Themie Thomai!|url=https://dritare.net/opinione/kapedanet-e-bujqesise-shqiptare-nga-ahmet-osja-te-themie-thomai-i707398|access-date=2021-08-02|website=dritare.net}} After graduating, she worked as an agricultural economist before becoming chairman of an agricultural cooperative with over 4,000 members in 1972. On October 28, 1974, Themie Thomai became for the Party of Labor of Albania PPSh (Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë) for the first time a member of the People's Assembly (Kuvendi Popullor) chosen who she from the eighth to the end of the twelfth Legislative period on February 4, 1992.{{Cite web|title=Intervista e fundit/ Nga kryetare kooperative në Lushnjë, në ministre e Enver Hoxhës! Themie Thomai rrëfen prapaskenat e regjimit: Dyshimet për vetëvrasjen e Mehmet Shehut|url=http://www.panorama.com.al/intervista-e-fundit-nga-kryetare-kooperative-ne-lushnje-ne-ministre-e-enver-hoxhes-themie-thomai-rrefen-prapaskenat-e-regjimit-dyshimet-per-vetevrasjen-e-mehmetit/|access-date=2021-08-02|language=sq}}
As the successor to Pirro Dodbiba{{Cite web|title=Pirro Dodbiba, intelektuali i punëve të mëdha|url=http://www.gazetadita.al/pirro-dodbiba-intelektuali-i-puneve-te-medha/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Gazeta Dita|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200208113208/http://www.gazetadita.al/pirro-dodbiba-intelektuali-i-puneve-te-medha/|url-status=dead}} she became Minister of Agriculture on (Ministre e Bujqësisë) April 29, 1976 into the sixth government of Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu called. The reason for Dodbiba's dismissal as minister in April 1976 was “professional failure” in the implementation of the party's production goals in agriculture. In 1983 it published a seven-point program for the intensification of agriculture with the subtitle "The constant main path to the development of agricultural production". She held the ministerial office until she was replaced Pali Miska on February 2, 1989. After her dismissal as minister, she became first secretary of the PPSh party committee in February 1989 Lushnja district. At the same time she was vice-chairman of the Democratic Front from 1979 to 1984 (Fronti Democracy), a mass organization to draw up the lists of candidates for the elections to the People's Assembly{{Cite web|last=Basha|first=G.|date=2019-03-03|title=Zhyti vendin në uri, kush është ish-ministrja e Enver Hoxhës në kabinetin e Ramës|url=https://meganews.al/2019/03/03/zhyti-vendin-ne-uri-kush-eshte-ish-ministrja-e-enver-hoxhes-ne-kabinetin-e-rames/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Mega News|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|title=PORTRETE / Kujtesë për 5 mendjet e mençura të bujqësisë shqiptare|url=http://www.gazetadita.al/portrete-kujtese-per-5-mendjet-e-mencura-te-bujqesise-shqiptare/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Gazeta Dita|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-04-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429043850/http://www.gazetadita.al/portrete-kujtese-per-5-mendjet-e-mencura-te-bujqesise-shqiptare/|url-status=dead}}
Later life and death
Themie Thomai died from COVID-19 in Tirana, Albania, on December 19, 2020, at age 75.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-19|title=Humb jetën nga Covid-19 ish-ministrja e Bujqësisë, Themie Thomai|url=https://abcnews.al/humb-jeten-nga-covid-19-ish-ministrja-e-bujqesise-themie-thomai/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Abc News|language=sq}}{{Cite web|title=E infektuar me COVID, ndërron jetë në moshën 75-vjeçare, ish-Ministrja e Bujqësisë, Themie Thomai|url=https://top-channel.tv/2020/12/19/e-infektuar-me-covid-nderron-jete-ne-moshen-75-vjecare-ish-ministrja-e-bujqesise-themie-tho1mai/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=top-channel.tv|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Blog|first=Korça|date=2020-12-19|title=LAJM I FUNDIT/ Humb betejën me koronavirusin ish-ministrja e Bujqësisë, Themie Thomai|url=https://korcablog.com/2020/12/19/48012/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Korca Blog|language=en-US}} She is survived by her daughter, son, and grandchildren.{{Cite web|date=2020-12-22|title="Fëmijët janë rritur pa prezencën time", rrëfimi i fundit i Themie Thomait: Si më emëruan në 1976 ministre bujqësie pa më pyetur. Hysni Kapos i thashë se...|url=https://www.balkanweb.com/femijet-jane-rritur-pa-prezencen-time-rrefimi-i-fundit-i-themie-thomait-si-me-emeruan-ne-1976-ministre-bujqesie-pa-me-pyetur-hysni-kapos-i-thashe-se/|access-date=2021-08-02|website=Balkanweb.com - News24|language=sq}}
References
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Category:20th-century Albanian women politicians
Category:Party of Labour of Albania politicians
Category:Government ministers of Albania
Category:Women government ministers of Albania
Category:Agriculture ministers of Albania