Spyridon Avgeris

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Spyridon Avgeris
Born10 September 1909
Battle of Greece, Battle of the Mediterranean), Greek Civil War
AwardsWar Cross (twice)

Spyridon Avgeris (

Greek Navy officer who served as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff (1963–67) and of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (1967), retiring with the rank of vice admiral
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Life

Born on

Hellenic Navy Academy on 9 October 1925 and graduated on 10 October 1929 as a Line Ensign.[2] He was promoted to su-lieutenant on 13 October 1933, and lieutenant on 27 October 1937. He served aboard various warships, and specialized in naval artillery, attending the Gunnery School in 1937.[2]

During the

Sachtouris.[2] In July 1943, he participated in the Allied invasion of Sicily as executive officer of Kanaris, and for his actions during the capture of Augusta, received the War Cross.[2] In 1944–45 he served as adjutant to the Minister of Naval Affairs (Panagiotis Kanellopoulos and then Nikolaos Plastiras). Following the liberation of Greece in October 1944, he served as captain of the corvette Tombazis and the destroyer Miaoulis, as well as again as adjutant to Kanellopoulos during the latter's brief tenure as Prime Minister in November 1945.[2]

Avgeris was promoted to commander on 31 December 1945. In the next years he served as deputy commander of the Navy Academy, as well as captain of the destroyer

COMEDEAST, in 1959–60.[2]

Promoted to rear admiral on 13 December 1960, he served as Chief of the Cretan and Ionian Seas Command (1960–61) and Deputy Chief of the Navy General Staff (1961–63). Promoted to vice admiral on 9 December 1963, he assumed the post of Chief of the Navy General Staff and chief of COMEDEAST until 30 March 1967, when he was appointed Chief of the

military junta, but was dismissed on 14 December 1967 following the failed counter-coup of King Constantine II the previous day.[2][3]

He died on 3 January 1972.[2]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί ΓΕΝ: Αυγέρης, Σπυρίδων" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Διατελέσαντες Αρχηγοί" (in Greek). Hellenic National Defence General Staff. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Vice Admiral Dimitrios Kiosses
 Chief of the Navy General Staff
12 December 1963 – 30 March 1967 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief of the National Defence General Staff
30 March – 14 December 1967 		Succeeded by
Lt. General Odysseas Angelis
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