Panagiotis pipinelis

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Panagiotis Pipinelis (1968)

Panagiotis Pipinelis ( Greek Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλης , born March 21, 1899 in Piraeus ; † July 19, 1970 ) was a Greek diplomat , politician and prime minister.

Career

Pipinelis studied law and political science in Switzerland at the University of Zurich and the University of Friborg . In 1922 he joined the diplomatic corps . In the following years he worked at several embassies. In 1936 he worked at the embassy in Budapest and then in 1940 at the embassy in Sofia .

Between 1947 and 1950 Pipinelis served as State Secretary in the Foreign Ministry and from January to March 1950 was Foreign Minister for the first time for a short time in the cabinet of the transitional government of Ioannis Theotokis . In 1952 he was appointed the first permanent representative of Greece to NATO . The following year, he left the diplomatic service, moved into politics and the Conservative Party joined EUA of Konstantinos Karamanlis on. From 1961 to 1963 he was Minister of Commerce in Karamanli's third cabinet.

After differences between King Paul and Prime Minister Karamanlis, Karamanlis announced his resignation. The staunch monarchist Pipinelis was charged with forming a government as his successor. Between June 19 and September 28, 1963 he was Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. During his tenure he tried in vain to change the electoral system in favor of the ERE. In the parliamentary elections of 3 November , the opposition won EK of Georgios Papandreou has a minority interest of 42 percent. After a transitional government by Stylianos Mavromichalis , Papandreou finally became Prime Minister on November 8, 1963.

After the Colonel coup by Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos on April 21, 1967, he was finally foreign minister again. In this office he served the military dictatorship until his death.

The writings and notes he wrote during his time as a diplomat and politician are part of the Gennadius library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens .

literature

  • Jannis Valasidis: Biographies of leading personalities from the political life of Greece. In: Klaus-Detlev Grothusen (Hrsg.): Südosteuropa-Handbuch. Volume III. Greece. Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1980, p. 696 f. ISBN 3-525-36202-1
  • Harris M. Lentz: Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge 2013, p. 332 f.
  • Heinz A. Richter : 1939-2004. In: Reinhard Stupperich , Heinz A. Richter (ed.): History of Greece in the 20th century. (=  Peleus: Studies on the archeology and history of Greece and Cyprus. 67.2). Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen , Ruhpolding 2015, ISBN 978-3-447-10398-5 , p. 365 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lentz 2013, p. 333.
  2. ^ Cabinet Ioannis Theotokis (Greek)
  3. ↑ Permanent Representative of Greece, NATO
  4. ↑ Lentz 2013, p. 333.
  5. ^ Cabinet Konstantinos Karamanlis (Greek)
  6. ↑ Panagiotis Pipinelis Cabinet (Greek)
  7. ^ Cabinet Georgios Papadopoulos (Greek)

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predecessor Office successor
Konstantinos Karamanlis Prime Minister of Greece
1963 		Stylianos Mavromichalis
personal data
SURNAME Pipinelis, Panagiotis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Πιπινέλης, Παναγιώτης (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek politician and prime minister
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Piraeus
DATE OF DEATH July 19, 1970