Dimitrios Makris (politician)
Dimitrios "Takos" Makris (Greek: Δημήτριος "Τάκος" Μακρής, 1910 – 10 March 1981) was a Greek conservative politician and close associate of Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis.
Life
[edit]He was born in Florina, which was at the time part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1910. After graduating in Law from Athens University, he worked as a lawyer in Thessaloniki.
He served as a Member of Parliament representing Florina Prefecture from 1956 to 1967, and from 1974 to 1977.[1] He served as Interior Minister from 1956 to 1961,[2][3] and as Minister for the Presidency of the Government from 1961 to 1963.[4]
In 1960 he was accused of being a Nazi collaborator during World War II (the so-called "Merten affair"), which he denied, but from that point onward he was constantly under attack by the press.
He died in London in 1981, aged 71.
References
[edit]- ^ "Κοινοβουλευτική Θητεία Βουλευτών Από Τη Μεταπολίτευση Ως Σήμερα". www.hellenicparliament.gr. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Γενική Γραμματεία Νομικών και Κοινοβουλευτικών Θεμάτων - 1956-1958". gslegal.gov.gr. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Γενική Γραμματεία Νομικών και Κοινοβουλευτικών Θεμάτων - 1958-1961". gslegal.gov.gr. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ "Γενική Γραμματεία Νομικών και Κοινοβουλευτικών Θεμάτων - 1961-1963". gslegal.gov.gr. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- 1910 births
- 1981 deaths
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- New Democracy (Greece) politicians
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