Manushaqe Shehu
Manushaqe Shehu is an Albanian brigadier-general who has since 2018 been the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces.[1]
Career
[edit]Manushaqe Shehu joined the Albanian Land Force at the age of 19 in 1984. Her father, uncle and two brothers also served in the army.[2] Shehu graduated from the Armed Forces Academy and was commissioned as an officer in 1984. She served as chief logistics officer of the Peshkopia Brigade.[3]
Between 1989 and 1994 Shehu studied law at the University of Shkodër "Luigj Gurakuqi" and was promoted to first captain in 1991. She then worked with the United States Department of Defense and the World Bank. Shehu studied at a logistics school in France and at the Albanian Army General Staff College from 2004 to 2005. She was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 2006 and served as security adviser to President Bamir Topi from 2007 to 2011.[3] Shehu was awarded a master of science degree in national security in 2010 and was promoted to colonel.[3][2] She was director of the Albanian general staff in 2012.[3]
On 1 November 2016 Shehu was appointed commander of the army's non-commissioned officer academy and was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general.[3][2] She was the first female general in Albania.[2] Shehu was appointed head of the army's Training and Doctrine Command in December 2016.[4] She is married with two children.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Deputy Chief of Defense". Archived from the original on 21 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Mejdini, Fatjona (22 November 2016). "America's Eisenhower Inspires Albania's First Woman General". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Manushaqe Shehu, gruaja e parë shqiptare me gradën e gjeneralit - Albinfo". Alb Info. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ "Gjeneralja e parë Manushaqe Shehu merr drejtimin e Komandës së Doktrinës dhe Stërvitjes". Balkan Web (in Albanian). Retrieved 29 November 2017.