Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | |
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| Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος | |
.jpg) Konstantinos Georgakopoulos | |
| Minister of Education of Greece | |
| In office August 6, 1936 – November 25, 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Ioannis Metaxas |
| Caretaker Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office March 3, 1958 – May 17, 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Constantine Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Constantine Karamanlis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 December 1890 Tripoli, Greece |
| Died | 26 July 1973 (aged 82) Athens, Greece |
| Political party | People's Party |
| Residence(s) | Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Politician, Lawyer |
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος; 26 December 1890 – 26 July 1973) was a Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Mostitsi (Drymos), Greece, he studied law at the University of Athens.[1] In 1915 he became a military court judge. In 1923 he left the military justice system with the rank of colonel. He subsequently served, until 1951, as lecturer in law in his former university.
In 1928 he joined the People's Party. From November 1935 to August 1936 he served as an under secretary in the cabinets of Konstantinos Demertzis and Ioannis Metaxas respectively. He was Minister for Education from August 1936 to November 1938 under Metaxas. In 1948 he became President of the Greek Red Cross.[2]
From 5 March to 17 May 1958 he served as prime minister and Minister for the Interior in the caretaker government for the 1958 elections.[3] He participated in many Board of directors organizations and was honored with many awards and medals. He died in Athens on July 26, 1973.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Makrygiannēs, Nikos (1979). Hoi prōthypourgoi tēs Hellados, 1843-1979 (in Greek). Ekdot. Hestia. p. 300.
Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος, 1890 – 1973 Ο Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος γεννήθηκε στην Τρίπολη στις 26 Δεκεμβρίου 1890.
- ^ Carabott, Philip; Hamilakis, Yannis; Papargyriou, Eleni (2016-03-09). Camera Graeca: Photographs, Narratives, Materialities. Routledge. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-317-17004-4.
He soon became the vice-president of PIKA (Foundation for Social Providence) and the Red Cross, when the president was Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, his close friend (Nelly 1989: 184), who became Minister of Education for the Metaxas regime.
- ^ L'Europe, Council of Europe/Conseil de (1972). Yearbook of the European Convention on Human Rights. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 50. ISBN 978-90-247-1310-3.
Constantinos Georgakopoulos (Prime Minister of care-taker Government in 1958) Nicolaos Bakopoulos (Minister of Justice 1964-1965) Andreas Papandreou (Minister of Coordination 1964-1965)
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- 1890 births
- 1973 deaths
- 20th-century prime ministers of Greece
- 20th-century Greek lawyers
- Ministers of the interior of Greece
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
- People from Tripoli, Greece
- People's Party (Greece) politicians
- 1950s in Greek politics
- Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany