Konstantinos Tsatsos

Konstantinos Tsatsos
Κωσταντίνος Τσάτσος
Tsatsos in 1976
President of Greece
In office 19 July 1975 – 10 May 1980
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Karamanlis
Preceded by	Michail Stasinopoulos
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Karamanlis
Personal details
Born	(1899-07-01)1 July 1899 Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died	8 October 1987(1987-10-08) (aged 88) Athens, Greece
Political party	Liberal Party (Before 1955) National Radical Union (1955–1967) Independent (1967–1974) New Democracy (1974–1987)
Spouse	Ioanna Tsatsou, née Seferiadi (1909–2000)
Alma mater	University of Athens Heidelberg University
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Konstantinos D. Tsatsos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Τσάτσος; July 1, 1899 – October 8, 1987) was a Greek diplomat, professor of law, scholar and politician. He served as the second President of the Third Hellenic Republic from 1975 to 1980.

Life

He was born in

, where the exiled Greek government was seated.

After the end of

Constantine Karamanlis

, in 1955 he became a member of the party and one of the closest colleagues of Karamanlis, although, ideologically, he was a centrist-liberal and not a conservative.

He served as a member of parliament and in various ministerial positions until the

who died in 2000.

Tsatsos as a scholar

Konstantinos Tsatsos served as professor of the philosophy of law from 1933 until 1946 when he entered politics.
Since 1962 he was a member of the Academy of Athens. His vast writing work includes textbooks of legal theory, surveys on philosophy and history, as well as literary works, poems, essays and translations of ancient Greek and Roman classics. In 1974, he presided over the parliamentary commission that submitted the first draft of the new constitution.

Writings on legal theory

• Der Begriff des positiven Rechtes, Heidelberg: Weiss'sche Universitäts-Buchhandlung, 1928.
• "Society and the Law", in Archive of Philosophy and Positive Sciences (1935) (in Greek).
• "Le Droit et la société", in Droit, Morale, Moeurs: IIe Annuaire de l'Institut International de Philosophie du Droit et de Sociologie Juridique, Paris, 1936.
• The problem of the Sources of Law, Athens: Papadogiannis, 1941 (in Greek).
• Introduction to Legal Science, Athens: Papazisis, 1945 (in Greek).
• "Contract as Legal Rule", in volume for K. Triantafillopoulos, Athens, 1959 (in Greek).
• Studies on the Philosophy of Law, Athens: Ikaros, 1960 (in Greek).
• "Qu'est-ce-que la philosophie du droit?", in: Archives de Philosophie du Droit 7 (1962).
• The Problem of the Interpretation of Law, Athens: Sakkoulas, 1978 (in Greek).

Surveys on history and philosophy (translations)

• The Social Philosophy of Ancient Greeks, Athens: Estia, 1962 (in Greek).
• Cicero, Athens: Estia, 1968 (in Greek).
• Demosthenes, Athens: Estia, 1975 (in Greek).

Essays

• The Greek Course, Athens: Estia, 1967.
• Anathemas and meditations, 4 Volumes, Athens: Estia, 1983–1991 (in Greek).
• The Modern World, Athens: Editions of the Friends, 1992 (in Greek).

Literary writings

• Palamas, Athens: Estia, 1966 (in Greek).
• A Dialogue about poetry - A dialogue with Giorgos Seferis, Athens: Estia, 1975 (in Greek).

References

External links

• (in Greek) Official Biography

Political offices
Preceded by Dimitrios Tsakonas	Minister of Culture and Science 1974–1975	Succeeded by Ioannis Michail Panagiotopoulos
Preceded by Michail Stasinopoulos	President of Greece 1975–1980	Succeeded by Konstantinos Karamanlis