Konstantinos Logothetopoulos

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Konstantinos Logothetopoulos
Κωνσταντίνος Λογοθετόπουλος
Prime Minister of the Hellenic State
In office
2 December 1942 – 7 April 1943
Preceded byGeorgios Tsolakoglou
Succeeded byIoannis Rallis
Personal details
Born1 August[
Died6 July 1961(1961-07-06) (aged 82)
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPhysician

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (

Prime Minister of Greece, directing the Greek collaborationist government during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II
.

Early life

Logothetopoulos was born in

Nafplion
in 1878.

Education and career

Logothetopoulos studied medicine in

Greco-Turkish War
to serve in the Army Hospital of Athens.

After the end of the war in 1922, Logothetopoulos became professor of gynaecology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Eventually he became Dean of the University. During his tenure at the university, he taught and assisted many young doctors in their studies including future politician Grigoris Lambrakis.

When Greece capitulated to

Field Marshal Wilhelm List,[3] was appointed Vice President and Minister of Education in the first collaborationist government of Gen. Georgios Tsolakoglou. After Tsolakoglou was removed from office, he served as Prime Minister between 2 December 1942 and 7 April 1943, when he was replaced by Ioannis Rallis. His short tenure was marked by the start of the deportation of Greek Jewry, in which he played an ambiguous role.[4]

When the Wehrmacht left Greece in 1944, Logothetopoulos went with them to Nazi Germany. He lived with his wife and daughter in the small Bavarian town of Vilshofen an der Donau, where he exercised as a doctor.[5] Eventually he was captured by the United States Army which surrendered him to Greek authorities in 1946. He was tried and convicted of collaborating with the enemy and initially sentenced to life imprisonment, but was released in 1951.

Death

Logothetopoulos died in Athens on 6 July 1961.

References

  1. ^ Macedonia Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, digital library of Greece, Απέθανε την νύκτα ο Λογοθετόπουλος (Logothetopoulos dies overnight), 7-7-1961, retrieved 8-7-2011.
  2. ^ Markos Vallianatos, The untold history of Greek collaboration with Nazi Germany (1941-1944). Pelekys Books. 2014. p. 84.
  3. , p. 45
  4. ^ Markos Vallianatos, The untold history of Greek collaboration with Nazi Germany (1941-1944). Pelekys Books. 2014. p. 87.
  5. ^ Markos Vallianatos, The untold history of Greek collaboration with Nazi Germany (1941-1944). Pelekys Books. 2014. p. 210.
Political offices
Preceded by
Collaborationist government
)

2 December 1942 – 7 April 1943
Succeeded by