Pafsanias Katsotas
Pafsanias Katsotas | |
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Stamna, Aetolia-Acarnania, Kingdom of Greece | |
| Died | 14 February 1991 (aged 94–95) Athens, Third Hellenic Republic |
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| Service/ |  Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922
World War II
Mayor of Athens |
Pafsanias Katsotas (Greek: Παυσανίας Κατσώτας, 1896 – 14 February 1991) was a Hellenic Army general and politician.
Biography
Katsotas was born in the village of Stamna in
Greek government in exile in the Middle East. He assumed command of the 1st Greek Infantry Brigade, with which he fought in the Second Battle of El Alamein
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After the liberation of Greece in 1944, he became
Major General
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He was again elected to Parliament in the
Mayor of Athens, a post he occupied with minor interruptions until 1959. In 1960, Katsotas founded his own political party, the "Labour-Technical Party" (Εργατοτεχνικό Κόμμα), which in 1961 joined Georgios Papandreou's Centre Union. In February–June 1964, Katsotas served as Minister of Social Welfare in Papandreou's cabinet.[4]
He last took part in the 1977 elections as part of the National Alignment ticket. Katsotas died in 1991.
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Pafsanias Katsotas with Bernard Montgomery, El Alamein, 1942 -
Pafsanias Katsotas with Bundespräsident Theodor Heuss, Athens, May 1956
Awards
Katsotas was decorated with the Grand Commander of the Order of George I and of the Order of the Phoenix with Swords. He also received the Gold Cross of Valour twice and the War Cross four times.
References
- ^ "Κυβέρνησις ΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΥ ΚΑΝΕΛΛΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ (De Facto) - Από 1.11.1945 έως 22.11.1945" (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ - Από 23.3.1950 έως 15.4.1950 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΠΛΑΣΤΗΡΑ - Από 15.4.1950 έως 21.8.1950 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ ΠΑΠΑΝΔΡΕΟΥ - Από 19.2.1964 έως 15.7.1965 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
External links
Media related to Pafsanias Katsotas at Wikimedia Commons
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