Alexandros Svolos
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Born | 1892 |
Died | 22 February 1956 |
Political party | Socialist Party of Greece, Union of People's Democracy |
Spouse | Maria Svolou |
Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
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Alexandros Svolos (
Early life
Svolos was born in 1892 in
Between 1917 and 1920, he was the head of the Labour and Social Policy Direction at the Ministry of National Economy, and helped to push through legislation ratifying the newly founded
In 1929 he succeeded his mentor, N. Saripolos, at the seat of Constitutional Law at Athens, a position he retained until 1946. Because of his left-leaning political views, he was dismissed in 1935 and again during the Metaxas Regime in 1936, when he was sent to internal exile in various Aegean Islands.
Political activity during and after the Second World War
After the
In the meantime, the Resistance movement had been growing, and by early 1944, a large part of the Greek mainland was free, under the control of the Resistance. In March, the leftist
In this role, Svolos participated in the
Svolos then became president of the small Socialist ELD party until 1953, when it was merged with the Democratic Party, forming the Democratic Party of the Working People, which he also headed together with Georgios Kartalis until his death in 1956. He was elected to Parliament for Thessaloniki in 1950 and 1956, but died three days after the latter.
Academic career
Alexandros Svolos was among the most prominent experts on constitutional law in Greece, and held strong democratic and socialist views, which put him often at odds with the Greek establishment of the time.
His very first academic treatise was his
In his honour, a hall has been named after him in the Law School of the University of Athens.
References
- The Newsletter of the Society Farsharotu. 24–25 (1–2): 13.
Thus in 1944, the president of the temporary Committee for National Liberation, Alexandros Svolos, the military head of ELAS, Stefanos Sarafis, as well as the political head of EAM, Andreas Tzimas, were all Aromanians.
- ^ Abadzi, Helen (2004). "The Vlachs of Greece and their misunderstood history". The Newsletter of the Society Farsharotu. 17: 4.
However, historically the members of this 'minority' have acted as the backbone of Hellenism: [...] such as Alexandros Svolos and Andreas Tzimas.
- ^ Efstathiadis, Stathis (24 November 2008). ""Είμαστε όλοι Βλάχοι"". To Vima (in Greek).
- ISBN 0-7876-4074-3. Archived from the originalon 2016-02-24.