Rexhep Mitrovica

Kosovar Albanian politician and Axis collaborator; Prime Minister of Albania (1943-1944)

Rexhep Mitrovica


19th Prime Minister of Albania
In office 4 November 1943 – 16 June 1944
Preceded by	Ekrem Libohova
Succeeded by	Fiqri Dine
9th Minister of Education
In office 24 December 1921 – 25 February 1924
Preceded by	Aleksandër Xhuvani
Succeeded by	Fahri Rashiti

Personal details
Born	15 January 1888^[1] Mitrovica, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	21 May 1967(1967-05-21) (aged 79) Istanbul, Turkey
Political party	Balli Kombëtar
Children	3
Occupation	Teacher
Awards	Order of Freedom (Kosovo)^[2]
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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.^[3]

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.^[4]

On 18 July 1944 Rexhep Mitrovica resigned due to illness.^[5]^{[failed verification]}

Exile and death

His grandson, Redjep Mitrovitsa is an actor of Comédie-Française.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

Owen Pearson, Albania and King Zog: Independence, republic and monarchy 1908-1939, London, Tauris, 2004, ISBN 1-84511-013-7.
Owen Pearson, Albania in occupation and war: From fascism to communism, 1940-1945, London, Tauris, 2005, ISBN 1-84511-014-5.

References

^ Rexhep Mitrovica, burrështetasi që u la nën harresë
^ "President Jahjaga Awarded Honours to a Number of Distinguished Personalities".
^ Bernd Jürgen Fischer (1999). Albania at war, 1939-1945. Purdue University Press. p. 262. ISBN 9781557531414. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
^ Cyprian Blamires (2006). World fascism: a historical encyclopedia, Volume 1. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 31. ISBN 9781576079409. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ Seton-Watson, Hugh (1951). The East European Revolution. Retrieved 24 August 2011.