Georgios Mavros ( el, Γεώργιος Μαύρος) (
Kastellorizo
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (; el, Καστελλόριζο, Kastellórizo), officially Megisti ( ''Megísti''), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean.Bertarelli, 131 It lies roughly off the south co ...
, 15 March 1909 –
Athens, 6 May 1995) was a Greek jurist and politician. He served in several ministerial posts, and was
Minister for Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
and
Deputy Prime Minister
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in the 1974 national unity government following the
restoration of democracy.
He taught law at the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
from 1937 to 1942, and became a politician following the liberation of Greece from the
Axis Occupation, being elected to the
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...
from 1946 on. During the occupation he helped rescue Jews from the
Holocaust
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. In 1994 he was awarded the title of
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sa ...
by
Yad Vashem
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.
He held cabinet posts as Justice Minister (1945), Minister for National Education (1946), Commerce and Industry (1949), Finance (1951), National Defence (1952) and Government Coordination (1963–1965).
He was governor of the
National Bank of Greece
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85% of the company's pretax preprovision profits are derived ...
, and in 1966 established the
National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation
The National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation ( el, Μορφωτικό Ίδρυμα Εθνικής Τραπέζης, ''Morfotiko Idryma Ethnikis Trapezis'', MIET) is a cultural foundation based in Athens founded in 1966. The Foundation was estab ...
(MIET).
[The ICCA handbook on corporate social responsibility – Page 137 Judith Hennigfeld, Manfred Pohl, Nick Tolhurst – 2006 "The National Bank Cultural Foundation (MIET) The bank created the National Bank Cultural Foundation (MIET) in 1966, the year in which it celebrated its 125th anniversary. At the opening ceremony the governor of the bank, George Mavros, "] After the
Greek military junta of 1967–1974
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...
, as part of the
Centre Union – New Forces
Centre Union – New Forces (EK-ND, Greek: ''Ένωσις Κέντρου-Νέες Δυνάμεις'' (Ε.Κ. – Ν.Δ.), ''Enosi Kentrou-Nees Dynameis'') was the continuation of the Centre Union party of George Papandreou after the military junt ...
he served as
Minister for Foreign Affairs
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
and
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
The Deputy Prime Minister of Greece ( el, Αντιπρόεδρος της Κυβερνήσεως, "Vice-President of the Government"; older form: Αντιπρόεδρος του Υπουργικού Συμβουλίου, "Vice-President of the ...
under Prime Minister
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Konstantinos G. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής, ; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998), commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or just Caramanlis, was a four-time prime minister and twice as the president o ...
. Increasingly sidelined by Karamanlis'
New Democracy
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, Mavros joined the
Panhellenic Socialist Movement
The Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( el, Πανελλήνιο Σοσιαλιστικό Κίνημα, Panellínio Sosialistikó Kínima, ), known mostly by its acronym PASOK, (; , ) is a social-democratic political party in Greece. Until 2012, it ...
and was elected an MP with it in 1981, and an MEP in 1984.
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1909 births
1995 deaths
People from Kastellorizo
People from the Vilayet of the Archipelago
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Greek Righteous Among the Nations
Union of the Democratic Centre (Greece) politicians
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Finance ministers of Greece
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