Andreas Michalakopoulos

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Andreas Michalakopoulos (Greek: Ανδρέας Μιχαλακόπουλος) (born 1876 in Patras - died 7 March 1938 in Athens) was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from October 7, 1924 to June 26, 1925.

He was a high level member of the "Komma Fileleftheron" (Liberal Party) and a close associate of its founder, the Greek statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, for more than 20 years. With Venizelos he participated in the negotiations for the international treaties of Sèvres and Lausanne, and co-signed as Foreign Minister the Greek-Turkish Friendship Convention (also known as the Treaty of Ankara) on October 30, 1930.

He held important posts in several governments led by Eleftherios Venizelos, Alexandros Zaimis and Konstantinos Tsaldaris; Foreign Minister (1928–1933), Minister for Economy (1912–916), Minister for Agriculture (1917 - 1918, 1920), Minister for Defense (1918).

Opposed to the military dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas, he was sent to political exile on Paros in 1936, which resulted in his death in 1938.

[edit] External links

• (Greek) Andreas Michalakopoulos official site
• Andreas Michalakopoulos portrait painting (currently in the Greek Parliament)
• Greece, Inter War Period 1923 - 1940 (Hellenic History on the Internet)
• Greece, 1923 - 1928 (National Research Foundation "E.Venizelos")

[edit] See also

• List of Prime Ministers of Greece
• Eleftherios Venizelos, Venizelism, Komma Fileleftheron
• Honorary British Knights, Order of the British Empire (Knight Commander)
• The incident at Petrich

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