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 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 followin ...

, Minister of Finance, and member of the

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Biography

Mihali began his career as a functionary of the Party of Labour in the business sector, most recently from 1967 to 1975 he was Director of Nitrogen Producing Plant ("Azotik") in

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. In January 1975, he became for candidate-member of the Politburo of the Party. He held this position until his retirement in December 1990. 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 ...

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, and

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, Mihali represented a new generation of leaders within the Party, which gain power with the termination of relations with the People's Republic of China. On 26 November 1977 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/ shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or nati ...

in the government of Prime Minister

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.
In 1978, he was elected for the first time as representative in the People's Assembly (Alb: ''Kuvendi Popullor''). Mihali was member of the parliament during the ninth to eleventh

legislative term A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections. ...

. After the death of Mehmet Shehu, he was also considered as a possible successor as Chairman of the Council of Ministers. However, on 15 January 1982, he was chosen to succeed Haki Toska as Minister of Finance. He held this office until his replacement by Niko Gjyzari on 17 February 1984. Mihali regained his position as Deputy Prime Minister in the following cabinet of Prime Minister

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starting on 20 February 1987. In 1986, he took over also as Chairman of the State Planning Commission. Later he served from March 1989 to December 1990 as Governor of the Albanian State Bank (Alb: ''Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar''). A special court was established in

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in 1993 against Mihali and nine other former high-ranking officials ( Muho Asllani, Besnik Bekteshi,

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, Vangjel Çërrava,

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and

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), accused of "abuse of public funds". The following sentences were given: Mihali and Gegprifti eight years each, Miska and Çuko seven years each, Çami, Çeliku and Bekteshi six years each, and Çërrava, Murra and Asllani five years each. Together with Pirro Kondi and Sulejman Bushati, Mihali was brought in front of another court session in August 1996, this time for "crimes against humanity". The sentence this time was 17 years. The court verdict remained below the request of the prosecutor, who had requested 20 years in prison for him. All were released short-after the turmoils of 1997.

References

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