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Rexhep Mitrovica

Kosovar Albanian politician and Axis collaborator; Prime Minister of Albania (1943-1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

Quick Facts 19th Prime Minister of Albania, Preceded by ...
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Biography

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Rexhep Mitrovica in the 1920s

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]

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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.

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