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Konstantinos Georgakopoulos

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Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Minister of Education of Greece
In office
August 6, 1936 – November 25, 1938
Prime MinisterIoannis Metaxas
Caretaker Prime Minister of Greece
In office
March 3, 1958 – May 17, 1958
Preceded byConstantine Karamanlis
Succeeded byConstantine Karamanlis
Personal details
Born(1890-12-26)26 December 1890
Tripoli, Greece
Died26 July 1973(1973-07-26) (aged 82)
Athens, Greece
Political partyPeople's Party
Residence(s)Athens, Greece
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer

Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος; 26 December 1890 – 26 July 1973) was a Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Greece
(caretaker)
5 March–17 May 1958 		Succeeded by
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