Tahir Demi
Tahir Demi (1919–1961) was an Albanian politician. He was high-ranking member of the Party of Labour of Albania and representative of Albania at Comecon. In 1960 he was arrested and sentenced to death in 1961 for being a member of a pro-Soviet group, led by Rear Admiral Teme Sejko, that had been planning a coup d'état against Enver Hoxha.
Life
Tahir Demi, a member of the Demi family, was born in Filiates, modern northwestern Greece (Chameria) in 1919.[citation needed] In the 1930s he studied at the faculty of law of the University of Tirana. He was married to Sadete Demi Toto and has 3 children Pellumb, Ilirjan, Teuta. In 1943 he joined the National Liberation Movement of Albania and became a member of the Party of Labour of Albania. After World War II he became chairman of the Party of Labour committee of Elbasan District and Albania's delegate at Comecon.[1]
In July 1960 he was arrested by the
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- ^ Bulletin of the International Commission of Jurists. University of Michigan. 1962. pp. 7–8.