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Mehmet Shehu

1913 - 1981

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Mehmet Ismail Shehu (January 10, 1913 – December 18, 1981) was an Albanian communist politician who served as the Prime Minister of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania from 1954 to 1981. He was known as a close confidant of Enver Hoxha and served in various high-ranking positions in the government. Shehu was Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian People's Army from 1946 to 1948 and later served as Minister of the Interior from 1948 to 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehmet Shehu has received more than 294,441 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Mehmet Shehu is the 3,040th most popular politician (down from 2,877th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Albania (down from 14th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Albanian Politician.

Mehmet Shehu was a communist leader in Albania and a close friend of the country's dictator, Enver Hoxha. He was executed in 1981 for allegedly plotting to overthrow Hoxha.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mehmet Shehu ranks 3,040 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Vajiravudh, Liutprand of Cremona, Frank B. Kellogg, and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. After him are John Rabe, Norman Angell, Abdul Hamid, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, and Nexhmije Hoxha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mehmet Shehu ranks 44. Before him are Wolfgang Paul, Roger Wolcott Sperry, René Clément, Willis Lamb, Gert Fröbe, and Luz Long. After him are Jacobo Árbenz, Masanobu Fukuoka, Charles Trenet, Mark Felt, Muddy Waters, and Aimé Césaire. Among people deceased in 1981, Mehmet Shehu ranks 29. Before him are A. J. Cronin, Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, Joseph Murphy, Karl Böhm, and Max Delbrück. After him are Abel Gance, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Miroslav Krleža, David Wechsler, Zarah Leander, and Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark.

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In Albania

Among people born in Albania, Mehmet Shehu ranks 17 out of 111. Before him are Sali Berisha (1944), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1580), Ismail Qemali (1844), and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani (1914). After him are Alfred Moisiu (1929), Sami Frashëri (1850), Edi Rama (1964), Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), Gentius (-300), and Rexhep Meidani (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Albania

Among politicians born in Albania, Mehmet Shehu ranks 15. Before him are Lütfi Pasha (1488), Sali Berisha (1944), Koca Sinan Pasha (1520), Ayas Mehmed Pasha (1483), Köprülü Mehmed Pasha (1580), and Ismail Qemali (1844). After him are Alfred Moisiu (1929), Edi Rama (1964), Essad Pasha Toptani (1863), Gentius (-300), Rexhep Meidani (1944), and Haxhi Lleshi (1913).

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