Nikolaos Trikoupis
Nikolaos Trikoupis ( Greek Νικόλαος Τρικούπης , * 1869 in Messolongi ; † 1956 ) was a Greek officer and politician.
Nikolaos Trikoupis was born as the son of Themistoklis Trikoupis in Messolongi, Aetolia-Acarnania , in 1869 and came from a family that provided many officers and politicians. His cousin Charilaos Trikoupis was the seven-time Greek Prime Minister, his uncle Spyridon Trikoupis was the one-time Greek Prime Minister and his brother Kostandinos Trikoupis was Minister of the Navy. Nikolaos Trikoupis attended the Greek officers' academy "Scholi Evelpidon" in Athens after completing his schooling and became an artillery officer. From 1889 to 1895 he continued his military training in France. In the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 Nikolaos Trikoupis served as a staff officer in the divisional staff of the 1st Greek Division; the war ended in a heavy defeat for Greece. In the Balkan Wars 1912-1913 Trikoupis was a staff officer of the 3rd Greek Division under Vice General Damianos. When Greece entered the war on the side of the Allies in World War I in 1917, Nikolaos Trikoupis became divisional commander of the 3rd Greek division on the Salonika Front .
In the Greco-Turkish War from 1919 to 1922 Nikolaos Trikoupis was commander of the first Greek army corps with five divisions. At Afyonkarahisar in 1922, mistakes by Trikoupis in the battle of Dumlupınar also led to a defeat by the Turkish troops. He fell into Turkish captivity and did not return to Greece until 1923 via a prisoner exchange. A memorable incident has come down to us from his imprisonment: According to this, Trikoupis handed over his sword to the Turkish commander-in-chief Mustafa Kemal Ataturk , which he handed back to him in the "grandeur that was still common among generals of the time". Unlike other officers in the Greek Army (the " Trial of the Six "), Trikoupis was not held to legal responsibility after the defeat of the Greek Army. In 1928 Nikolaos Trikoupis became prefect of the prefecture of Attika-Viotia (today two prefectures) and held this office until 1930.
Athletic career
Trikoupis competed as a shooter at the Olympic Summer Games in Athens in 1896 . In the free rifle competition over 300 meters , its exact placement is not known. However, he did not make it into the top five. He also competed in the military rifle over 200 meters. Here he achieved third place with 34 hits out of 40 shots and 1713 points.
Web links
- Nikolaos Trikoupis in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus Kreiser: Ataturk. A biography . 3. Edition. CH Beck, Munich 2008, p. 169 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trikoupis, Nikolaos |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek officer and politician, Olympian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Messolongi |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1956 |