Dimitrios Gontikas
Dimitrios Gontikas Δημήτριος Γόντικας | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1888 |
| Died | 1967 |
| Occupation | politician |
Dimitrios Gontikas or Gondikas (Greek: Δημήτριος Γόντικας; 1888–1967) was a Greek politician and Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.
Biography
Gontikas was born in the village of
Elis Prefecture with the Liberal Party ticket. He was re-elected to Parliament with the Liberal Party in the elections of 1946, 1950, 1951 and 1958, with the Liberal Democratic Union 1956 and with the National Radical Union
in 1961.
He occupied various ministerial in several cabinets. He was Supply Minister under
Sophoklis Venizelos (23 March – 15 April 1950),[2] and briefly (15–19 April 1950) Minister without Portfolio in the Nikolaos Plastiras cabinet.[3] In 1950–52, he also served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
. Gontikas was also chairman of the Greek–American Institute of Athens and of the Greek–Yugoslav Union.
Dimitrios Gontikas was married and had two sons: Kostis, a member of parliament, and Ilias.
References
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΟΦΟΥΛΗ - Από 18.11.1948 έως 20.1.1949 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ - Από 23.3.1950 έως 15.4.1950 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΝΙΚΟΛΑΟΥ ΠΛΑΣΤΗΡΑ - Από 15.4.1950 έως 21.8.1950 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 6 March 2014.
- The first version of the article is translated and is based from the equivalent article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)