Koço Kota

Koço Kotta
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
Religion	Albanian Orthodox

Koço Kota (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.

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.

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.

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