Konstantinos Kollias
Konstantinos Kollias ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Κόλλιας , * 1901 in Stylia , Korinthia Prefecture ; † July 13, 1998 ) was a Greek lawyer, politician and briefly Prime Minister.
Kollias graduated from Athens University with a degree in law . From 1929 he worked in the administrative service. In 1946 he became Deputy Public Prosecutor and in 1962 under the Conservative government Konstantinos Karamanlis General Prosecutor at the Supreme Court in Athens. For allegedly exerting undue pressure on the interrogation judge Sartzetakis in the Lambrakis affair , he was threatened with disciplinary punishment during the government of Enosis Kendrou under Georgios Papandreou . His demand for acquittal for the accused aggravated the tense domestic political situation.
After the unexpected military coup in 1967, King Constantine II had to agree to the appointment of Kollias as prime minister as a concession to the putschists. Kollias was also Foreign Minister in his cabinet from November 3rd to 20th. On December 13, 1967, he supported the king's counter-coup and then fled with it to Rome. A short time later, Kollias returned to Athens without political or legal offices. In the office of Prime Minister he was replaced by Georgios Papadopoulos .
literature
- Jannis Valasidis: Biographies of leading personalities from the political life of Greece. In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Südosteuropa-Handbuch. Volume 3: Greece. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1980, ISBN 3-525-36202-1 , p. 691.
Individual evidence
- ^ Cabinet Kollias, homepage of the Greek government (Greek)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Panagiotis Kanellopoulos |
Prime Minister of Greece 1967 |
Georgios Papadopoulos |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kollias, Konstantinos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Κολλιας, Κωνσταντίνος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician and prime minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stylia |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1998 |