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Kadri Hazbiu's brother-in-law confesses: Enver hit him to justify himself to Mehmet, Ramiz Alia...

2026-03-30 22:57:12Histori SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Monika Stafa and Agron Aranitasi

Albania is one of the few countries where communism took deep roots and grew under the unprecedented tension of a brutal and ruthless political system from start to finish.

This regime isolated Albania for almost 50 years from the rest of the world, from the Western world. The state security had extended its rule to 26 districts of Albania, covering political control and censorship in all the links of communist power; in education, culture, sports and economy. The fates of people, history, sensational and unknown events from a not-so-distant past, still hang over our heads like ghosts of the past. Historical memory and the way we treat it, is all we need to say goodbye to the past once and for all. Agron Aranitasi, son-in-law of Kadri Hazbiu, former interior minister in the early 80s, tells in Exclusive his truths about the infamous stories in the communist bloc.

Although after Mehmet Shehu's suicide, Enver Hoxha announced as the new Prime Minister, Kadri Hazbiu, one of the most trusted men of the communist regime, he was quickly sidelined, humiliated and arrested, until he was shot in the back in his cell. How he swallowed the father of the State Security, the machinery he himself built, the fierce debates with Enver Hoxha and why he was not at all what he was called amid the intrigues for power, the Iago of the Shakespearean court.

Excerpt from the interview

Monika Stafa: Why was Kadri Hazbiu convicted? What were the charges against him?

Agron Aranitasi: Kadri Hazbiu is another figure. Kadri Hazbiu went to war. Kadri Hazbiu's origin is a noble family, rich, they had almost 500 hectares of land, endless land. His father is one of the commanders of the Vlora war and was decorated with the Honor of the Nation by President Nishani... He has his own responsibility and that responsibility is not something I will analyze, historians will analyze it. In his usual appearance he was a massovik and Enver Hoxha at the moment he is condemning in the plenum when he says 'Mehmet Shehu needed people, people like that, people like that, gentle people, people who would treat you well, people who would respect you, who would lend a helping hand, etc.'. He was like that. He said very interesting things during the period when he was at home, under house arrest, we call it. That is, his attack began in September 1982, it began on September 20 at a meeting of the plenum, of the secretariat of the central committee. Kadri Hazbiu was secretary of the central committee instead of Mehmet Shehu, they removed Mehmet, they put Kadri in. At that meeting they accused him of collaborating with the Soviets, with the KGB, you gave him secrets, you gave him our agency, etc., you have them detailed in the book. That is why I said it is a great fortune for Hekurani that he did not destroy those files, he did not destroy Kadri Hazbiu's operational file, the formal or operational file, that file inside has many documents signed by Enver Hoxha. And he says even in court, I followed the party law and did not violate the party law, for better or for worse, I did not violate it. And they helped me understand that the accusations were fabricated. They have made many accusations against him, tortured him, and he is one of the few who has not admitted anything.

Monika Stafa: Why did he want to hit her?

Agron Aranitasi: I say this for two reasons. First, he wanted to justify himself for Mehmet Shehu, 27 years as prime minister, 8 times he proposed Mehmet Shehu for prime minister. But now Mehmet has turned out to be an enemy. Let me tell you, I don't believe the accusation that he could condemn Mehmet, he condemned Mehmet the dead, but not Mehmet the living. While Mehmet was alive, he kept his word, comrade Mehmet was telling him, the party will help you. The moment he found out that he killed himself, he did all those things for Mehmet Shehu, he said all those words for Mehmet Shehu. The first reason is how he would justify himself to the people for Mehmet Shehu. The second reason, Mehmet left, Kadriu remained, Ramiz Alia couldn't stand up to Kadri Hazbiu. Ramiz Alia was a man with a lot of money, kept in a drawer, he didn't even have anything to do with the people, nothing at all. He took Albania, you saw how he did it. People said he was soft, had no crimes on his record, etc., now when we talk about crimes, decisions were made in the political bureau, he was a very big voice in the bureau. But let's talk about later, when he led Albania. How many were killed at the border and when were they killed? When he declared that escape is no longer a crime against the state, it is an administrative offense.

 

 


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