Rexhep Mitrovica (15 January 1888 – 21 May 1967) was a Prime Minister of

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's government under

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Biography

Prime minister

After German occupation of Albania, on 6 November 1943,

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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 an Independent State of Albania, Mitrovica exacted revenge on the Serb colonists, killing and expelling thousands of Serbs. On 18 July 1944 Rexhep Mitrovica resigned due to illness.

Exile and death

His grandson, Redjep Mitrovitsa 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, .

Biography

Prime minister

Exile and death

Sources

References

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