Adil Çarçani

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Adil Çarçani (May 15, 1922 - October 13, 1997) was an Albanian politician.

Çarçani was born in Fushëbardhë, Albania. During World War II, he fought for Partisan forces against the Italian fascists, and joined the Communist party and the government that it set up after the war. He became mining minister in the 1950s, joined the politburo in the 1960s, and by 1981 had become first deputy prime minister.

On December 18, 1981, immediately after the violent death of Mehmet Shehu, Çarçani became Prime Minister. He remained in that position until the communist government began to fall in 1991, when he resigned after mobs tore down the statue of Enver Hoxha, Albania's communist leader from the 1940s until the 1980s. Çarçani was, however, elected to parliament that year, and gave the opening speech.

In 1994 Çarçani was tried, found guilty and sentenced to prison for embezzlement and abuse of power. His sentence was commuted to house arrest, however, as he was beginning to suffer from health problems. He died under house arrest in Tirana.