Georgios Katechakis
Georgios Katechakis | |
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| Γεώργιος Κατεχάκης | |
Theodoros Pangalos | |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Michalakopoulos |
| Minister Governor-General of Crete | |
| In office 10 March 1928 – 22 December 1930 | |
| President | Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis |
| Prime Minister | Alexandros Zaimis Eleftherios Venizelos |
| Preceded by | Titos Georgiadis |
| Succeeded by | Nikolaos Askoutis |
| Minister Governor-General of Thrace | |
| In office 1922–1923 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Prime Minister | Nikolaos Triantafyllakos Anastasios Charalambis Sotirios Krokidas Stylianos Gonatas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1881 Major General |
| Commands | Cretan Volunteer Corps 11th Infantry Division National Defence Army Corps |
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Georgios Katechakis (
(1928–1930).Early life and military career
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Georgios Katechakis was born in the village of Platanos, in then
Monastir.[1][2] He returned to Greece in 1908, and was dispatched to Crete to assist in the establishment of a local national guard. By the time the Balkan Wars broke out in 1912, he had risen to the rank of captain. He participated in the wars as leader of various Cretan volunteer corps, fighting both in Macedonia and in Epirus.[1]
In 1914, promoted to major, he was assigned as chief of staff to the
First World War, in 1919 he was sent to Constantinople as head of the Greek military delegation there, a post he held until he was dismissed from the army, with the rank of major general, following the electoral victory of the anti-Venizelist royalist parties in November 1920.[1]
Katechakis was recalled to active duty in September 1922, following the Greek defeat in the
Governor-General of Thrace (where a recommencement of hostilities with the Turks was expected should peace negotiations in Lausanne fail), remaining at the post until after the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 when he retired from military service.[1]
Political career
In the
Heraklion Prefecture.[1] He served as Minister for Military Affairs in the short-lived Themistoklis Sofoulis cabinet (25 July – 7 October 1924).[1][3] On 10 March 1928, he was appointed to the post of Governor-General of Crete, which was raised to the rank of a cabinet minister, a post he retained until 22 December 1930 under the premierships of Alexandros Zaimis and Venizelos.[4][5][6][7] In the meantime, in April 1929 Katechakis was elected to the Greek Senate.[1] On 22 December 1930, Katechakis was appointed by Venizelos as Minister for Military Affairs, a post he held until the resignation of the Venizelos cabinet on 26 May 1932.[7] Katechakis served for a third time as Minister for Military Affairs in the short-lived 1933 Venizelos cabinet.[8]
Georgios Katechakis died on 22 April 1939.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαιδεία. Τόμος Δ′: Καβάδης – Μωριάς [Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia. Volume IV] (in Greek). Athens. 1929. p. 98.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Dimitrios Savvas. Ο στρατηγός Γιώργος Κατεχάκης [General Georgios Katechakis] (in Greek). Πατρίς, Πρωινή Καθημερινή Εφημερίδα της Κρήτης. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ ΣΟΦΟΥΛΗ - Από 25.7.1924 έως 7.10.1924 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΖΑΪΜΗ - Από 8.2.1928 έως 4.7.1928 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΥ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ - Από 4.7.1928 έως 7.6.1929 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΥ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ - Από 7.6.1929 έως 16.12.1929 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ a b Κυβέρνησις ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΥ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ - Από 16.12.1929 έως 26.5.1932 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Κυβέρνησις ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΟΥ ΒΕΝΙΖΕΛΟΥ - Από 16.1.1933 έως 6.3.1933 (in Greek). General Secretariat of the Government. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
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