Shehu V Government

Mehmet Shehu was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People's Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981

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The Shehu V Cabinet was the government of the People's Republic of Albania formed on November 23, 1970 by Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu. It replaced the Shehu IV Cabinet and remained in office until October 29, 1974, whereupon it was succeeded by the Shehu VI Cabinet.

The government reshuffle followed the 1970 parliamentary elections. With one exception, all ministers already belonged to the previous cabinet: Haki Toska was replaced by Xhafer Spahiu. Toska was subsequently secretary of the Central Committee until November 1976.

In 1973 Myqerem Fuga joined as Minister of Light and Food Industry. The only other change during these four years involved the long-time Defense Minister Beqir Balluku was relieved of all his positions on July 10, 1974. Balluku had publicly stated that he assessed the threat situation differently than Hoxha.[1] He was arrested along with two other high-ranking military officers for attempting a military coup. He was sentenced to death and executed on November 5, 1974.

Government office	Official	Start of term	End of term
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[1]
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[1]
Innenminister	Kadri Hazbiu	23. November 1970	29. October 1974
Chairman of the State Planning Commission	Abdyl Këllezi	November 23, 1970	October 29, 1974
Foreign Ministers	Nesti Nase [de]	November 23, 1970	October 29, 1974
Minister of Industry	Koço Theodhosi	23. November 1970	29. October 1974
Minister of Communications	Milo Qirko [de]	23. November 1970	29. October 1974
Minister of Education and Culture	Thoma Deliana	November 23, 1970	October 29, 1974
Finance Ministers	Aleks Verli [de]	November 23, 1970	October 29, 1974
Außenhandelsminister	Kiço Ngjela	23. November 1970	29. October 1974
Minister of Agriculture	Pirro Dodbiba	November 23, 1970	October 29, 1974
Minister of Light and Food Industry	Myqerem Fuga	January 1, 1973	October 29, 1974

External Links

• Kabinett 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

References

1. Owen Pearson (2006). "October 6th, 1974". Albania as Dictatorship and Democracy: From Isolation to the Kosovo War 1946 – 1998. Albania in the Twentieth Century: A History. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 632 although he had not been present at official functions since July 10th, when he was removed from all his political posts. ISBN 1-84511-105-2.

Preceded by Shehu IV

Government of Albania 1970–1974

Succeeded by Shehu VI