Llambi Gegprifti (born 14 February 1942, in Pogradec) is a former

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n politician and mayor of Tirana (precisely Chairman of the Executive Committee of the People's Council of

Tirana District Tirana 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 523,150 in 2001, and an area of . Its territory is now part of Tirana County: the munic ...

) from 1986 through 1987 and 1989 through 1990. He was candidate-member of the

Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania The Politburo was the leading organ of the Party of Labour of Albania. It comprised key government ministers and Central Committee secretaries and served as the main administrative and policy-making body, convening on a weekly basis. The following ...

for terms of 1971, 1976, 1981, and 1986 (the last one). In July 1974, Gegprifti was elected Deputy Minister of Defence. Together with

Hekuran Isai Hekuran Isai (7 May 1933 in Peqin – 26 March 2008 in Tirana) was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour (PPSh). Life After joining the Albanian Party of Labour (Alb: ''Partia e Punes së Shqipërisë'') in 1957, he studied in t ...

, Pali Miska, and

Qirjako Mihali Qirjako Mihali (13 May 1929 - 7 April 2009) was an Albanian politician of the Albanian Party of Labour. He was a candidate-member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania, Minister of Finance, and member of the Albanian Parliament. Bi ...

he was one of the new generation of leaders within the

Party of Labour of Albania The Party of Labour of Albania ( sq, Partia e Punës e Shqipërisë, PPSh), sometimes referred to as the Albanian Workers' Party (AWP), was the ruling and sole legal party of Albania during the communist period (1945–1991). It was founded o ...

. In 1978 he was elected member (representing

Pogradec District Pogradec District ( sq, Rrethi i Pogradecit) 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 70,900 in 2001, and an area of . It is in the east of the coun ...

) and first deputy of the People's Assembly (Alb: ''Kuvendi Popullor''). On 15 January 1982 he was appointed as Minister of Industry and Mines in the first government of Prime Minister Adil Çarçani, position he held until 23 November 1982. From 20 February 1987 to 2 February 1989, he was again Minister of Industry and Mines in the third Çarçani Government. On 13 December 1993 he has sentenced to 8 years in prison by a special court in Post-communist Albania for "funds abuse". He served only one year in prison and was released by the Court of Appeal on 30 November 1994. Gegprifti left Albania in 1995. On 29 September 1996 the Tirana district court accused nine former senior PPSH of "having committed

crimes against humanity Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the ...

in cooperation with one another", specifically "...being in high Party and state posts, they have acted not on the basis of laws but have satisfied their passions and unjust instructions". The nine defendants received the following sentences: Llambi Gegprifti, Shkelqim Bajraktari and Nazmi Domi 20 years in jail, Irakli Vero and Veiz Haderi 16 years in jail, Suljeman Abazi, Idajet Beqiri, Lenka Çuko and Agron Tafa with 15 years of imprisonment. Gegprifti and four others were sentenced in absentia. All received the minimum term of sentences after the law on the crimes against humanity in cooperation with one other.ATA News from Albania, 96-09-29
/ref> The charges were dropped later after the turmoils of 1997.

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1942 births Living people People from Pogradec Labour Party of Albania politicians Members of the Politburo of the Labour Party of Albania Members of the Parliament of Albania Government ministers of Albania Industry and mines ministers of Albania Mayors of Tirana {{Albania-mayor-stub