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Rexhep Mitrovica

Rexhep Mitrovica (15 January 1888 – 21 May 1967) was a Prime Minister of Albania's government under Nazi Germany.

Biography

Prime minister

After German occupation of Albania, on 6 November 1943, Berlin announced that the regents and the assembly had formed a government headed by Rexhep Mitrovica, an active member of the Balli Kombëtar from Kosovo.

With control over Kosovo and the creation of a puppet Independent State of Albania, Mitrovica exacted terror on the Serbian population, killing and expelling thousands.

On 18 July 1944 Rexhep Mitrovica resigned due to illness.

Exile and death

His grandson, is an actor of Comédie-Française.

Sources

  • Owen Pearson, Albania and King Zog: Independence, republic and monarchy 1908-1939, London, Tauris, 2004, .
  • Owen Pearson, Albania in occupation and war: From fascism to communism, 1940-1945, London, Tauris, 2005, .

References

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