Alexandros Koryzis
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Alexandros Koryzis | |
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| Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής | |
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 29 January 1941 – 18 April 1941 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Metaxas |
| Succeeded by | Emmanouil Tsouderos |
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| Born | 1885 Greece |
| Political party | Independent (Non-political) |
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Alexandros Koryzis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής; 1885 – 18 April 1941) was a Greek politician who served briefly as the prime minister of Greece in 1941.
Career
Koryzis assumed this role on 29 January 1941, when his predecessor, the dictator
Koryzis was born on the small island of Poros in Greece, where a museum dedicated to his life and contribution exists today.
Prime Minister Metaxas had declined British offers of direct military assistance on the grounds that this could be used as a justification for German intervention in support of their Italian allies. Koryzis however agreed to the dispatch of "W Force" - a British and Dominion force of two infantry divisions and an armoured brigade.
Although largely powerless, as the government was effectively controlled by
References
- ^ "Thermopylae Stand Expected by Nazis". The Milwaukee Star-Journal. Milwaukee. 20 April 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 17 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Stephanides, Theodore (1946). Climax in Crete. Faber & Faber. p. 11.
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