Simon Stefani

Simon Stefani ( born 1929 in Përmet ) is a former Albanian politician of the partia e puNES e Shqipërisë ( PPSh ).

Biography

1958 Stefani was of Greek descent, first deputy of the National Assembly ( Kuvendi Popullor ) and this was in the fourth and fifth term as the representative for the district of Berat until 1966.

Took place at the 7th Congress of the PPSh in November 1976 he was elected as members of the Political Bureau of the PPSh.

Between 1978 and 1991, he was from the ninth to eleventh legislative term of the National Assembly deputy. During this time he was of December 25, 1978 to November 22, 1982 Chairman of the National Assembly and thus Parliament President.

On May 7, 1979, he was also a member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the PPSh and held this function for almost ten years until his resignation on 2 February 1989. At the 8th Congress of the PPSh he was in November 1981, also a member of the Politburo elected and was a member of this top executive committee of the party until December 1990.

After his resignation from the Central Committee Secretariat, he was on 2 February 1989, he was also chief successor of Hekuran Jesse as Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers and Minister of the Interior and held these offices in the government of Prime Minister Adil Carcani to 9 July 1990. As interior minister supervisor of the Secret Service Sigurimi. In a press statement in the party newspaper Zëri i Popullit he gave in 1990 to the number of people in prisons and re-education camps with only 3,850, while foreign observers 20000-40000 detainees went out.

He then belonged to the government until December 23, 1990 as Chairman of the State Control Commission, and was in this position successor Manush Myftiu.

1994 against him and the former officials Ramiz Alia, Hekuran Jesse and Adil Carcani indictment was brought a charge of Amstmissbrauchs and violation of civil rights. By a court in Tirana took place in July 1994 for the following convictions: Alia nine years imprisonment, Stefani eight years Isai five years and Carcani five years ' imprisonment. In January 1996, was ruled by a court of Tirana his arrest.