The list does not include court ordered assassinations conducted by the state.[1]
No. | Name of victim | Date assassinated | Name of assassin | Office held | Place of assassination | Suspected motive and description of the assassination |
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1 | Nexhati Libohova | 27 May 1915 | Unknown | Minister of Finance | Shkallnur, Durrës | Political dispute with Esat Toptani. |
2 | Prenk Bibë Doda | 22 March 1919 | Gjeto Çoku | Deputy Prime Minister | Shëngjin, Lezhë | Revenge over the murder of the Sub-prefect of Lezhë. |
3 | Abdyl Ypi | 15 January 1920 | Unknown | Prefect of Durrës | Shëngjin, Lezhë | Killed on the orders of Mustafa Kruja because of a dispute related to the invitation of Esat Toptani back to Albania. |
4 | Esat Toptani | 13 June 1920 | Avni Rustemi | Prime Minister | Paris, France | The murder was ordered by political rivals even though the widely accepted theory was treason. |
5 | Avni Rustemi | 20 April 1924 | Jusuf Reçi | Member of the Parliament | Near a cemetery, Tiranë | The motive of the assassination remains a mystery. |
6 | Luigj Gurakuqi | 2 March 1925 | Balto Stamolla | Served as Minister of Education two months prior. | Bari, Italy | Stamolla was a close relative of the Albanian Counsel in Bari, Çatin Saraçi. |
7 | Zija Dibra | 4 January 1925 | Unknown | Served as Minister of Public Works in the Evangjeli I Cabinet | Harizaj, Kavajë | Dibra was a fierce political opponent of prime minister Ahmet Zogu who came to power just two days after the assassination took place. |
8 | Bajram Curri | 29 March 1925 | Unidentified | Served as Minister of War in 1921 | By a cave in Dragobi, Tropojë | Killed by assailants who were sent on the orders of Hysen Kryeziu, at the time serving as Prefect of Kosovo. |
9 | Isuf Dibra | 19 March 1927 | Unknown | Served as Minister of War in the Toptani Cabinet | Tiranë | Murdered by his assistant under unknown circumstances. |
10 | Ceno Kryeziu | 14 October 1927 | Alqiviadh Bebi | Minister of Albania in Prague | Prague, Czechoslovakia | The assassin was a close relative to Andon Beça, an ally of Shefqet Vërlaci. |
11 | Mark Kapidani | 19 December 1932 | Geg Marka Gega | Member of the Parliament | Inside the Officers' Hall, near the Royal Palace, Tiranë | The assassin was a former officer in the Army Reserve, once sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for his attempts to overthrow the government. |
12 | Hasan Prishtina | 14 August 1933 | Unknown | Former Prime Minister | Thessaloniki, Greece | The assassin was apparently a former acquaintance but motives of the assassination remain unclear. |
13 | Qazim Bodinaku | 6 April 1939 | Unknown | Served as Prefect of Vlorë and later Berat | Unknown | A Zog loyalist, he was murdered as he was trying to leave the country by 2 persons whom he had a previous dispute with. |
14 | Xhafer Ypi | 17 December 1940 | Unknown | Former Prime Minister | Unknown | Killed during aerial bombardments. |
15 | Musa Puka | 1942 | Unknown | Prefect of Elbasan | Elbasan | Killed on a roadside by communist rebels. |
16 | Skënder Çami | 4 March 1942 | Unknown | Police Superintendent for Korçë | Unknown | The motives of the killing remain unknown. |
17 | Saverino Ricottini | 25 March 1943 | Unknown | Member of the Fascist Upper Council | Pejë, Kosovo | The motives of the murder are not known. |
18 | Qazim Koculi | 2 January 1943 | Unknown | Served as Acting Prime Minister | Vlorë | Murdered by the fascist mercenary battalion of Halil Alia. |
19 | Iljaz Agushi | 28 October 1943 | Unknown | Deputy Prime Minister in the Merlika Cabinet | Tiranë | The motives of the assassination remain unclear. |
20 | Hysen Myshketa | 8 October 1943 | Unknown | Member of the National Council | Durrës | Myshketa and his brother were murdered by three assassins as they were walking along the "Mussolini Boardwalk". |
21 | Idhomene Kosturi | 5 November 1943 | Kolë Laku | Chairman of the National Council | Tiranë | Murdered under the orders of the Communist Guerrilla unit. |
22 | Veli Vasjari | 12 May 1944 | Unknown | Chief of State Police | Korçë | Killed by communist partisans near the region of Gabravicë. |
23 | Lefter Kosova | 6 September 1944 | Xhelal Staravecka | Minister of Public Works under the Biçakçiu Cabinet | Tiranë | Murdered because of a previous political dispute. |
24 | Mark Kodheli | 1944 | Unknown |
25 | Nako Spiru | 20 November 1947 | Unknown | High ranking communist official in charge of the State Planning Commission | Tiranë | The murder was officially ruled a suicide but he was most likely killed under the orders of Koçi Xoxe. |
26 | Bardhok Biba | 9 August 1949 | Unknown | Member of the People's Assembly | Kaçinar, Lezhë | Killed by the anti-communist resistance guerrilla unit "Komiteti i Maleve". |
27 | Alush Lleshanaku | 24 December 1950 | Ilo Stojko | Legislative Member of the Corporative Fascist Upper Council | Elbasan | A staunch anti-communist resistance leader, Lleshanaku was assassinated by an agent of the Sigurimi. |
28 | Sali Ormëni | 2 March 1951 | Unknown | Director of the Albanian State Police | Rrogozhinë | Killed mysteriously a week after the bombing of the Soviet Embassy. |
29 | Omer Nishani | 26 May 1954 | Unknown | Former Head of State | Tiranë | His murder was officially ruled a suicide. |
30 | Haxhi Hajdari | 8 April 1963 | Unknown | Member of the People's Assembly | Unknown | Denounced as the "People's Enemy" by the regime, he was killed by artillery gunfire. |
31 | Mehmet Shehu | 17 December 1981 | Unknown | Prime Minister | Tiranë | The official death was ruled a suicide but Shehu was more than likely killed by the Sigurimi under Hoxha's orders. |
32 | Azem Hajdari | 22 September 1998 | Fatmir Haklaj, Jaho Mulosmani, Naim Cangu | Member of the Assembly | Tiranë | Motives of his murder remain a mystery. |
33 | Fatmir Xhindi | 2 May 2009 | Unknown | Member of the Assembly | Roskovec, Fier | Motives of his murder remain a mystery. |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.proletari.com/politikanet-e-vrare-ne-historine-e-shtetit-shqiptar-nga-1915-2010.html|title=Politikanët e vrarë në historinë e shtetit shqiptar nga 1915-2010|website=Proletari|accessdate=2017-12-27}}
2. ^{{cite book |title=Plumba Politikës |last=Dervishi |first=Kastriot |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= |publisher=Shtëpia Botuese "55" |location=Tiranë |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= }}
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