Riza Cerova

Riza Cerova was born in the village of Cerovë in Skrapar region, then part of the Ottoman Empire.

Riza Cerova was one of the leading figures of June Revolution of 1924, which overthrew the regime of Iliaz Vrioni and installed an authoritarian government under Fan Noli.

[2] In March 1935 he returned to Albania from the Soviet Union and was one of the main leaders of Fier uprising.

Cerova in the following months enrolled many peasants of the Mallakastra and Skrapar regions in the anti-Zogist movement.

[1] Several institutions are named after him and a documentary about his life was produced in 1978[4] He was rewarded People's Hero of Albania title.