Dimitrios Rallis (
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: Δημήτριος Ράλλης; 1844–1921) was a Greek
politician
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.
He was born in
Athens
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in 1844. He was descended from an old Greek political family. Before Greek independence, his grandfather, Alexander Rallis, was a prominent
Phanariote. His father, , was Minister in
Andreas Miaoulis
Andreas Vokos, better known by his nickname Miaoulis ( el, Ανδρέας Βώκος Μιαούλης; 1765 – 24 June 1835), was a Greek revolutionary, admiral, and politician who commanded Greek naval forces during the Greek War of Indepe ...
' government and later Chief Justice of the Greek Supreme Court.
Rallis was elected to Parliament in 1872 and always represented the same
Athenian
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constituency.
He became Minister in several governments and served as Prime Minister five times.
He last formed a government after the
1920 election and it was his cabinet that authorised the
plebiscite
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that saw
King Constantine's return to the throne.
Dimitrios Rallis died of cancer in Athens on August 5, 1921 at the age of 77. His son,
Ioannis Rallis
Ioannis Rallis ( el, Ιωάννης Δ. Ράλλης; 1878 – 26 October 1946) was the third and last collaborationist prime minister of Greece during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, holding office from 7 April 1943 to 12 Oct ...
, was a
Quisling Prime Minister during the war-time occupation by the German Army and his grandson,
George Rallis, served as Prime Minister in the early 1980s.
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1844 births
1921 deaths
19th-century prime ministers of Greece
20th-century prime ministers of Greece
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Greek people of the Greco-Turkish War (1897)
Greek people of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Dimitrios
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name ''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess Demeter".
Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumi ...
Justice ministers of Greece
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