Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas

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Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
Γεώργιος Αθανασιάδης-Νόβας
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
Prime Minister of Greece
In office
15 July 1965 – 20 August 1965
MonarchConstantine II of Greece
Preceded byGeorgios Papandreou
Succeeded byIlias Tsirimokos
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
19 March 1964 – 15 July 1965
MonarchConstantine II
Preceded byIlias Tsirimokos
Succeeded byDimitrios Papaspyrou
Personal details
Born9 February 1893
University of Athens

Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas (

Prime Minister in 1965.[2]

Biography

Born in

Greek Parliament in 1926 representing his native prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania, and was repeatedly elected to office until 1964
.

A lawyer by trade, he served as

Minister for Industry
in 1951.

In 1961, however, he was one of many conservatives who joined the

Center Union (EK), in opposition to the corruption of right-wing governments at the time. In 1964, after EK came into power, he became Speaker
of the Greek Parliament.

On 15 July 1965 he was appointed Prime Minister of Greece by king

vote of confidence
in parliament. He was replaced on August 20 of the same year.

In July 1974 he was one of the politicians who brokered the end of the

Constantine Karamanlis
as Prime Minister.

Athanasiadis-Novas also wrote some poetry and prose under the pen name Georgios Athanas (Γεώργιος Αθάνας).[3] Literary critics found very little in the way of value in his works, but he found some popularity among his detractors, who used them to ridicule his less-than-distinguished political career. The stanza:

Itan ta stithia sou
aspra san galata
kai mou 'leges:
gargala ta
Your breasts were
White as milk
And you urged me
"Tickle them!"

gained him the comical nickname "Gargalatas"(tickler). Only after 40 years has it been proven that the fact that he wrote this stanza was an urban legend. It all started from an article of Costas Stamatiou at the newspaper Ta Nea, with the intention to ridicule him. Lefteris Papadopoulos cleared up the situation with an article at the same newspaper in 2004.[4]

He died in Athens on 10 August 1987, aged 94.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Index At-Az".
  2. . GEORGE ATHANASIADIS-NOVAS (Prime Minister, 15 July 1965 – 5 August 1965).
  3. ^ National Book Centre, Profile of Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas (in Greek)
  4. ^ "Ο αληθινός δημιουργός του θρυλικού «Γαργάλατα»". ΤΑ ΝΕΑ (in Greek). 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Greece
1965
Succeeded by