Bekteshi was born on 11 August 1941 in
Shkodër. He studied construction engineering in the
University of Tirana. He actively participated in the construction of "Light of the Party" (Alb:
Drita e Partisë)
Fierza Hydroelectric Power Station, one of the largest built on the
Drin river, and one of the major works of the
Communist Albania. Bekteshi became member of the Party of Labour in 1973. Finally, on the 9th Congress of the Party in November 1986, he was elected member of the Politburo. Bekteshi remained such until the dissolution of the party and the establishment of the
Socialist Party of Albania (Alb:
Partia Socialiste e Shqipërisë) on in June 1991. Moreover, Bekteshi was involved a government reshuffle between 2 February 1989 and 22 February 1991 as Minister of Industries and Mines and Minister of Energy in the 3rd Çarçani Government, succeeding the previously incumbents
Llambi Gegprifti and
Lavdosh Hametaj. In 1993, a special court was staged in
Tirana against Bekteshi and nine other former high-ranking officials (
Muho Asllani,
Foto Çami,
Vangjel Çërrava,
Hajredin Çeliku,
Lenka Çuko,
Llambi Gegprifti,
Qirjako Mihali,
Pali Miska, and
Prokop Murra). They were accused of "abuse of public funds". The following sentences were given: Mihali and Gegprifti eight years each, Miska and Çuko seven years each, Çami, Çeliku and Bekteshi six years each, and Çërrava, Murra, and Asllani five years. Bekteshi is the father-in-law of the Albanian singer and producer
Ardit Gjebrea. ==References==