Georgios Kakoulidis
Georgios Kakoulidis | |
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Γεώργιος Κακουλίδης | |
Member of Parliament for Kozani Prefecture | |
In office 1936 | |
In office 1928–1929 | |
Monarch | George II |
President | Pavlos Kountouriotis |
Prime Minister | Eleftherios Venizelos Konstantinos Demertzis Ioannis Metaxas |
Senator | |
In office 1929–1935 | |
President | Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis |
Prime Minister | Eleftherios Venizelos |
Minister Governor General of Thrace | |
In office 1929–1930 | |
President | Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis |
Prime Minister | Eleftherios Venizelos |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 May [ |
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Georgios Kakoulidis (Greek: Γεώργιος Κακουλίδης; 10/22 May 1871 – 30 May 1946) was a Hellenic Navy officer, who served as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, and later became a politician.
Military career
He was born in
He specialized in naval artillery,
He took part in the clandestine
During the
Promoted to commander on 2 June 1913, he served as commander of the destroyers Panthir (1913–14) and Ierax (1914–15), while also serving as flotilla commodore of the four "Wild Beast"-class destroyers. On 7 February 1915, he was promoted to captain.[2] In 1915, he briefly served as head of the Harbor Authorities Inspectorate.[2]
During the National Schism, he supported Eleftherios Venizelos against the royal government in Athens. When the latter declared his "Provisional Government of National Defence" in Thessaloniki, on 11 November 1916, Kakoulidis with ten men boarded the ironclad Hydra, and with the assistance of its captain, Ioannis Vratsanos, took control of the ship. The mutineers sailed the ship to the nearby French naval squadron, and thence sailed to Thessaloniki, where they joined the Provisional Government's forces.[2] Kakoulidis served as head of the Provisional Government's naval forces until 1917, when Greece was reunified under Venizelos.[2]
With the formal entry of the country into the
During the subsequent
Political career
After his retirement, Kakoulidis entered politics in Kozani,[3] being elected as a representative to the IV National Assembly in 1924–25, and then an MP in 1926–1928, Senator in 1929–1935, and again MP in 1936, always with Venizelos' Liberal Party.[2] In 1929–1930, he was Minister Governor-General of Thrace in the Venizelos cabinets.[2]
Georgios Kakoulidis died at Mykonos on 30 May 1946.[2]