Manolis mantakas
Manolis Mantakas ( Greek Μανώλης Μάντακας Manólis Mándakas , first name also Emmanouil Εμμανουήλ, * 1889 in Lakki, today municipality of Mousouri , regional district Chania on Crete ; † 1968 in Athens ) was a Greek military and politician .
Life
He took part in the Balkan Wars from 1912 to 1913 , the First World War and from 1919 to 1922 in the Greco-Turkish War . In 1924 he took part in the overthrow of George II and rose as a result to major general .
During the Second World War , his name appears in reports on the Greek resistance in Crete.
He was a member of the National Liberation Front (Εθνικό Απελευθερωτικό Μέτωπο, EAM) and its army, the National Liberation Army . He was a member of the Political Committee for National Liberation (PEEA). The PEEA formed a counter-government to the German occupation regime in Viniani in the Evrytania prefecture . In this government he acted first as Minister of Transport and from April 28, 1944 as Minister of Defense. After the Greek Civil War he was elected to parliament for Piraeus in 1950 and 1951 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ World: The Patient Men Of Greece . In: Time , August 9, 1943
- ^ Heinz A. Richter: History of Greece in the 20th Century. Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen, Mainz / Ruhpolding 2015, p. 199
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mantakas, Manolis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mantakas, Emmanouil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lakki, today Mousouri municipality , Chania regional unit , Crete |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1968 |
| Place of death | Athens |