Georgios Kondylis

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Georgios Kondylis
Γεώργιος Κονδύλης
Theodoros Pangalos
Minister of the Interior
In office
7 October 1924 – 15 June 1925
PresidentPavlos Kountouriotis
Prime MinisterAndreas Michalakopoulos
Preceded byGeorgios Roussos
Succeeded byGeorgios Maris
Personal details
Born14 August 1878
Lieutenant General
Battles/wars

Georgios Kondylis (Greek: Γεώργιος Κονδύλης; 14 August 1878 – 1 February 1936) was a Greek general, politician and prime minister of Greece. He was nicknamed Keravnos, Greek for "thunder" or "thunderbolt".

Military career

Georgios Kondylis during the Macedonian Struggle

Kondylis was born in

royalist revolt
of 1923, retired from the army, and became involved in politics.

Political career

He was elected to

coup and formed a government, proclaiming elections for November. Notably, his party did not participate in these. In the elections of August 1928, voters elected nine of his party's candidates as MPs, and he was elected in Kavala
.

Kondylis c. 1932

During this time, Kondylis began moving rightward. In 1932 he became war minister again in return for his support of the

March 1935 Venizelist revolt. In the period immediately following the revolt, Kondylis became the real power in the country. He sacked numerous pro-republican soldiers and civil servants, and condemned Venizelos to death in absentia
.

By now, Kondylis was one of the strongest proponents of restoring the monarchy. However, he opposed Prime Minister

Regent, abolished the Republic and staged a plebiscite
on 3 November for the return of the monarchy.

The official tally showed that 98 percent of the voters supported the return of

Victor Emmanuel III had been reduced to a puppet.[2]

George returned to Greece on 25 November, and retained Kondylis as prime minister. Kondylis soon quarreled with the king, who was not content to be a mere puppet, and resigned five days later. In the

German invasion of Greece
.

He was awarded Serbian Order of the White Eagle.[3]

References

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  2. ^ "By the Grace of God". Time, 18 November 1935.
  3. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 601.

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Political offices
Preceded by Minister for Military Affairs
12 March – 9 June 1924
Succeeded by
Theodoros Pangalos
Preceded by
Minister for the Interior

7 October 1924 – 15 June 1925
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Greece
(caretaker)

26 August – 4 December 1926
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Military Affairs
(caretaker)

26 August – 4 December 1926
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister for Naval Affairs
(caretaker
)

26 August – 4 December 1926
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Military Affairs
4 November 1932 – 16 January 1933
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Military Affairs
10 March 1933 – 10 October 1935
Succeeded by
Vacant
Title last held by
Andreas Michalakopoulos
(in the 1929–32 Venizelos cabinet)
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
5 April – 10 October 1935
Succeeded by
Preceded by Prime Minister of Greece
10 October – 30 November 1935
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Minister for Naval Affairs

10–16 October 1935
Succeeded by