Mustafa Merlika-Kruja

Mustafa Merlika-Kruja
16th Prime Minister of Albania
In office
December 4, 1941 – January 19, 1943
MonarchVictor Emmanuel III
Preceded byShefqet Vërlaci
Succeeded byEkrem Libohova
Personal details
BornMarch 15, 1887
Akçahisar, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Krujë, Albania)
DiedDecember 27, 1958 (aged 71)
Niagara Falls, New York, United States
Political partyAlbanian Fascist Party
ProfessionPrime Minister
Signature

Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (March 15, 1887 – December 27, 1958)[1] was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence.[2] He was Prime Minister of Albania during the Italian occupation from December 4, 1941, to January 19, 1943.

  1. ^ "From Italian senate website a page to Merlika-Kruja". Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
  2. ^ Michael Schmidt-Neke (November 16, 1987), Entstehung und Ausbau der Königsdiktatur in Albanien (1912-1939): Regierungsbildungen, Herrschaftsweise und Machteliten in einem jungen Balkanstaat, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, p. 320, ISBN 978-3486543216