Beqir Balluku

Beqir Balluku
Minister of People's Defence
In office 1 August 1953 – 28 October 1974
Prime Minister	Mehmet Shehu Enver Hoxha
Preceded by	Enver Hoxha
Succeeded by	Mehmet Shehu
Personal details
Born	(1917-02-14)14 February 1917 Tirana, Principality of Albania
Died	5 November 1975(1975-11-05) (aged 58) Tirana, PR Albania
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Military service
Branch/service	Albanian People's Army
Years of service	32
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	World War II in Albania Greek Civil War Vietnam War[1] Albanian–Soviet split Vlora Incident

Beqir Balluku (14 February 1917 – 5 November 1975) was an Albanian politician, military leader, and Minister of Defense of Albania. Balluku assisted Enver Hoxha in carrying out the 1956 purge within the Party of Labour. However, in 1974, Balluku himself, along with a group of other government members was accused by Hoxha of an attempted coup d'état against the Albanian People's Republic. He was executed the next year.