Kostaq Kotta
Koço Kotta | |
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| 17th Prime Minister of Albania | |
| In office September 5, 1928 – March 5, 1930 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmet Zogu |
| Succeeded by | Pandeli Evangjeli |
| 20th Prime Minister of Albania | |
| In office November 9, 1936 – April 8, 1939 | |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Frashëri |
| Succeeded by | Shefqet Bej Vërlaci |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1889 Korçë, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1949 Burrel, Albania |
Kostaq Kota or commonly Koço Kotta (1889, in Korçë – 1949, in Burrel) was an Albanian politician and twice prime minister during the reign of King Zog, who took a pro-Italian right-wing stance.[1]
During his first term, he introduced civil code laws based on the Napoleonic model. He was a member of Mustafa Merlika-Kruja's cabinet in 1941.[2]
He was arrested in December 1944 and was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment by the Albanian Communists's Special Court of Spring 1945. He died in Burrel prison in 1947.[3]
References
- ^ Albania at war, 1939–1945, p. 158, Bernd Jürgen Fischer, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 1999 -[1]
- ^ Albania at war, 1939–1945, p. 116, Bernd Jürgen Fischer, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 1999 -[2]
- ^ Aliko, Tomor (2007), GENOCIDE ON THE INTELLECTUAL ELITE OF THE ALBANIAN NATION UNDER THE COMMUNIST TERROR (PDF), Tirana: Shtypshkronja "MALUKA", p. 31, retrieved December 28, 2013
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