Mustafa Merlika-Kruja

Prime Minister of Albania

March 15, 1887 Akçahisar, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

December 27, 1958 (aged 71) Niagara Falls, New York, United States

December 4, 1941 – January 19, 1943

Albanian politician (1887-1958) Mustafa Merlika-Kruja (March 15, 1887, Akçahisar, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Krujë, Albania) – December 27, 1958, Niagara Falls, New York) was one of the signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He served as Prime Minister of Albania during the Italian occupation from December 4, 1941 to January 19, 1943.