Theodoros Deligiannis
Theodoros Deligiannis ( Greek Θεόδωρος Δεληγάννης , also Delijannis and Delyannis transcribed, partly also Δηλιγάννης, Diligiánnis ; * January 2, 1820 in Kalavryta or Langadia ; † June 13, 1905 in Athens , murdered) was a Greek politician.
Deligiannis came from one of the most respected families of Lagkadia, Arcadia (Λαγκάδια Αρκαδίας) on the Peloponnese and studied in Athens Law .
Theodoros Deligiannis played a prominent role in Greek national politics from 1862, the year King Otto I was ousted. He was repeatedly minister with different business areas. In 1862 he took over the post of Foreign Minister in the provisional government that was constituted after King Otto I was expelled. In 1867 he acted as the Greek ambassador in Paris. After his return to the Greek capital, he held the offices of foreign, culture and finance ministers. In 1877 he voted as a member of the so-called “ecumenical ministry” for Greece to join the war on Russia's side in the Russo-Ottoman War (1877–1878) ; Greece did not participate in the war as a result of the Russian-Ottoman armistice and the subsequent peace treaty of San Stefano . In the government of Prime Minister Alexandros Koumoundouros (1877-1878) he was the first authorized representative for the negotiations of the Berlin Congress . During the negotiations in the Congress, Deligiannis managed to get the Ottoman Empire to negotiate border corrections with Greece. In 1881 these culminated in the transition of Thessaly and the region around Arta to Greece.
Domestically, Deligiannis was the main opponent of the multiple Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis . In the Great Greek Encyclopedia of 1962 he was described as “without a strong will, not very talented”, but as a “speaker of the type of Demosthenes” and as “the greatest demagogue of modern Greece”.
After the death of Alexandros Koumoundouros, he became the most prominent representative of the conservative political spectrum. In 1885 he became Prime Minister for the first time until 1886. His second term of office ended in 1892 after 2 years because the then Greek King George I withdrew his trust. In 1895 he won the elections to the Greek parliament and was again prime minister. In April 1897, the Turkish-Greek War broke out under his government , which ended in April 1897 with a heavy defeat for Greece. Deligiannis then resigned on April 30, 1897. Between December 1902 and June 1903 and between December 1904 and June 1905 he was again Prime Minister. His fifth and final term as Prime Minister ended with his assassination on June 13, 1905 in front of the Greek Parliament.
His murder had no political background. Diligiannis took action against gambling. His killer Antonios Gherakaris was a professional player.
literature
- Georg Veloudis: Dilijannis, Theodoros , in: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas . Vol. 1. Munich 1974, pp. 398-400
Web links
- Biography (greek)
- Report on Deligianni's murder (Greek)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Gregor Manousakis: Hellas - Where to? The relationship between the military and politics in Greece since 1900. Verlag Wissenschaftliches Archiv, Godesberg 1967. p. 211.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Charilaos Trikoupis |
Prime Minister of Greece May 1, 1885 to May 9, 1886 |
Dimitrios Valvis |
| Charilaos Trikoupis |
Prime Minister of Greece November 5, 1890 to March 1, 1892 |
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos |
| Nikolaus Deligiannis |
Prime Minister of Greece June 11, 1895 to April 30, 1897 |
Dimitrios Rallis |
| Alexandros Zaimis |
Prime Minister of Greece December 6, 1902 to June 27, 1903 |
Georgios Theotokis |
| Georgios Theotokis |
Prime Minister of Greece December 29, 1904 to June 13, 1905 |
Dimitrios Rallis |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deligiannis, Theodoros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delijannis, Theodoros; Delyannis, Theodoros |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Prime Minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Kalavryta |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1905 |
| Place of death | Athens |