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Rexhep Mitrovica

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Rexhep Mitrovica
19th Prime Minister of Albania
In office
4 November 1943 – 16 June 1944
Preceded byEkrem Libohova
Succeeded byFiqri Dine
9th Minister of Education
In office
24 December 1921 – 25 February 1924
Preceded byAleksandër Xhuvani
Succeeded byFahri Rashiti
Personal details
Born15 January 1888[1]
Mitrovica, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Kosovo)
Died21 May 1967(1967-05-21) (aged 79)
Istanbul, Turkey
Political partyBalli Kombëtar
Children3
OccupationTeacher
AwardsOrder 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

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Rexhep Mitrovica in the 1920s

Prime minister

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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

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

Sources

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  • 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

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

See also

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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Albania (under Nazi Germany)
4 November 1943 – 16 June 1944
Succeeded by