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Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis

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Perikis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
Περικλής Πιερράκος Μαυρομιχάλης
P. Pierrakos-Mavromichalis c. 1922
Senator
In office
1929
PresidentPavlos Kountouriotis
Prime MinisterEleftherios Venizelos
Minister of Military Affairs
In office
1924
PresidentPavlos Kountouriotis
Prime MinisterEleftherios Venizelos
Georgios Kafantaris
Alexandros Papanastasiou
Themistoklis Sofoulis
Andreas Michalakopoulos
Minister of the Interior
In office
1922–1923
MonarchGeorge II
Prime MinisterNikolaos Triantafyllakos
Anastasios Charalambis
Sotirios Krokidas
Stylianos Gonatas
Personal details
Born1863
Mani, Kingdom of Greece
Died1938
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
RelationsAntonios Mavromichalis (father)
Petrobey Mavromichalis (uncle)
Konstantinos Mavromichalis (uncle)
Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis (uncle)
Georgios Mavromichalis (cousin)
Demetrios Mavromichalis (cousin)
Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis (nephew)
Alma materHellenic Army Academy
Military service
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service Hellenic Army
Years of service?-1922
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars

Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (Greek: Περικλής Πιερράκος Μαυρομιχάλης; 1863–1938), also known as Mavromichalis-Pierrakos, was a Greek military officer and politician.[1]

Biography

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He was the son of general Antonios Mavromichalis, of the famed Maniot Pierrakos (Mavromichalis) clan. He became an officer in the Hellenic Army, fighting in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars, World War I (as Lt Colonel) and later in the Asia Minor Campaign, reaching the rank of Lt General. After retirement, he entered politics, serving as Interior Minister in 1922–1923 and Minister for Military Affairs in 1924. He was subsequently elected into the Greek Senate in 1929. When asked why he had the surname Pierrakos and used Mavromichalis as a nickname, he replied; because he wanted to keep the heritage of his forefathers who fought and die in order for him to live, and the most famous of his forefathers was Petrobey Mavromichalis (whose real name was Petros Pierrakos)[citation needed].

Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis also competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2]

Medal record
Men's Fencing
Representing  Greece
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1896 Athens Foil

Pierrakos-Mavromichalis won the bronze medal in the amateur foil event. In the preliminary round, he went 2-1 in his group. He lost to Henri Callot, the eventual silver medallist, but defeated Henri Delaborde and Ioannis Poulos to finish second in the group. There was no match between him and Athanasios Vouros, who had placed second in the other group; Pierrakos-Mavromichalis was awarded third place because his record of 2-1 in matches was better than Vouros's 1-1.

References

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  1. ^ "Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromikhalis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
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