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 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
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Owen Pearson, Albania and King Zog: Independence, republic and monarchy 1908-1939, London, Tauris, 2004, .
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Owen Pearson, Albania in occupation and war: From fascism to communism, 1940-1945, London, Tauris, 2005, .
See also
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History of Albania
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List of prime ministers of Albania
