Fiqrete Shehu (''née'' Sanxhaktari; 17 November 1919 – 11 September 1988) was an Albanian politician during the

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. She was the wife of former

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Mehmet Shehu Mehmet Ismail Shehu (January 10, 1913 – December 18, 1981) was an Albanian Communism, communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of Albania, Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known ...

Biography

She was born on 17 November 1919. Shehu was a member of the General Council of the

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from April 1952. She also served as Director of the Political V.I. Lenin Higher Party School () in

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. After the death of her husband,

, in 1981, she was tried and convicted of being an agent of multiple foreign intelligence services, and was imprisoned and later interned with her family. Shehu died in internment on 11 September 1988. She was buried in the cemetery of the prison near

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(

Lezhë District Lezhë District () was one of the 36 districts of Albania, which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 newly created counties. It had a population of 68,218 in 2001, and an area of . It is in the north-west of the country, and its capital ...

). Her body was retrieved after 1990 by her family.

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