Alexandros Othoneos
Alexandros Othoneos ( Greek Ἀλέξανδρος Ὀθωναίος , * 1879 in Gythio ; † September 20, 1970 in Athens ) was a Greek general , politician and former prime minister .
After finishing school he embarked on a military career and took part as a captain in the Macedonian War. He later served as an officer during the Balkan Wars from 1912 to 1913. During the First World War he was commander of the 7th Cretan Regiment on the Macedonian front and later rose to become a colonel and commander of a division.
As an ardent supporter of the Liberal Party (KF) of Eleftherios Venizelos , he retired from active military service after the elections to the National Assembly (Voulí ton Ellínon) in November 1920 after the defeat of the KF . However, he was called back to active service soon after during the Greco-Turkish War . After the defeat of Greece in 1922 he was chairman of the special court that sentenced those primarily responsible for the defeat, such as Prime Minister Dimitrios Gounaris , Petros Protopapadakis , Nikolaos Stratos and several high generals, to death for high treason .
He was then promoted to Lieutenant General and Commanding General of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps in 1923 . However, he lost this office in 1925 after the coup of General Theodoros Pangalos . After his fall in 1928 he was reactivated and appointed inspector of the army.
From March 6 to 10, 1933, he was briefly Prime Minister of a transitional government. During his tenure he was also Minister of War. Two years later, he resigned from military service, after which the opponents of the Liberal Party received a parliamentary majority and then returned to the monarchy .
During the Second World War he was called back to active military service from 1944 to 1945 after the occupation of Greece by the German Wehrmacht .
In the post-war period he was temporarily the chairman of the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Democratic Communities.
literature
- Thanos Veremēs: The military in Greek politics: from independence to democracy, Black Rose, Montréal, 2007, p. 205.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Eleftherios Venizelos |
Prime Minister of Greece 1933 |
Panagis Tsaldaris |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Othoneos, Alexandros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Οθωναίος, Αλέξανδρος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician and prime minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gythio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th September 1970 |
| Place of death | Athens |