Alexandros Diomidis
Alexandros Diomidis-Kyriakos ( Greek Ἀλέξανδρος Διομήδης-Κυριακός ; Albanian Aleksandër Diomidi Qiriako , * 1875 ; † November 11, 1950 in Athens ) was a Greek politician and Prime Minister from 1949 to 1950 .
Life
Diomidis came from an Arvanite family. From 1912 to 1914 he was a member of the liberal government of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos as finance minister. After the First World War he resigned from active politics.
In 1923 he was elected governor of the National Bank . Diomidis then negotiated major public bonds and also conducted negotiations that led to the establishment of the Bank of Greece in 1928 as a currency issuing bank. In 1930 he withdrew again from public life.
Shortly before the Second World War he became honorary president of the Supreme Economic Council and from 1945 president of the Supreme Reconstruction Authority. On January 20, 1949 he joined the coalition government of Themistoklis Sofoulis as a non-party deputy prime minister . After Sofoulis's death, he became Prime Minister himself on June 30, 1949. He was the 17th Prime Minister after World War II . On January 5, 1950, he resigned from this office; He died 10 months.
See also
Web links
- Short biography in English at rulers.org
- Lists of government ministers 1946–1951 ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Themistoklis Sofoulis |
Prime Minister of Greece 1949–1950 |
Ioannis Theotokis |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diomidis, Alexandros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Diomidis-Kyriakos, Alexandros (full name); Διομήδης-Κυριακός, Αλέξανδρος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1875 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1950 |
| Place of death | Athens |