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Liri Belishova


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Liri Belishova (born 5 March 1923) was a member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania and an important political figure in Albania between 1944 and 1960.

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Life

Born in the village of Belishovë, Mallakastër, Belishova was the daughter of Albanian patriot Kamber Belishova who was a participant in the Congress of Durres and the Vlora War. She attended the Queen Mother Pedagogical Institute in Tirana, along with Nexhmije Hoxha, Ramize Gjebrea, Fiqiret Shehu and Vito Kapo.

Belishova joined the National Liberation Movement of Albania and lost one eye. During 1946 and 1947 she was Albania's president of the Popular Youth (Rinia Popullore).

The death of her husband, Nako Spiru, in 1946, an alleged suicide, led to her dismissal from her role and she was sent from Tirana to Berat to teach.

After Nako Spiru was rehabilitated, as a result of the Yugoslav-Albanian split, in 1948, Belishova was rehabilitated as well, and became a member of the Politburo of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1948 to 1960.

She attended, along with Ramiz Alia, the Marxist–Leninist institute of the Moscow State University from 1952 to 1954, and married during this period her second husband, Maqo Çomo, who was Minister of Agriculture during 1954–60.

In 1960, during the Soviet–Albanian split, Belishova was arrested on charges of being pro-Soviet and a friend of Nikita Khrushchev, after having protested against Enver Hoxha's unilateral decision to take a pro-Chinese stance, warning about the consequences of a split with the Soviets, together with her husband Çomo and old communist Koço Tashko. She was purged as a traitor and enemy of the Party and people. On 9 November 1960 her family was moved to a state-owned farm in Gjirokastër District, where she worked as a teacher and her husband as the farm director. After that, they were expelled from the Party and interned in Kuç near Vlorë, later in Progonat, Zvërnec, and Cërrik.

In 1991, she returned to Tirana.

Belishova had a daughter, Drita Çomo (Tirana 1958 – Tirana 19 February 1981), from her husband, Maqo Çomo.

Drita Çomo, a poet, died from cancer at age 23. Drita's works, most notably Dritë që vjen nga humnera (English: "Light that comes from the abyss") were published posthumously in Albania.

References

Liri Belishova Wikipedia