Ioannis Sofianopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Σοφιανόπουλος; 10 August 1887 – 27 July 1951) was a
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
politician.
Born in
Sopoto,
Kalavryta
Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and ...
, to the lawyer Andreas Sofianopoulos and Athena Papageorgiou, he studied Law at the University of Athens. During the 1920s, he visited various parts of the Balkans describing his impressions in a series of articles and books.
He was elected a member of parliament for the
Serres
Sérres ( el, Σέρρες ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki.
Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northe ...
constituency in the
1933 Greek election, representing the
Farmers' Party. He served twice as
Foreign Minister of Greece
The Minister for Foreign Affairs ( el, Υπουργός Εξωτερικών) is the senior minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece.
The incumbent Minister for Foreign Affairs is Nikos Dendias of New Democracy
New Democracy, ...
between 1945 and 1946. From 1950 to 1951 he served again as a member of parliament, representing the
Democratic Alignment.
Publications
* ''Economical and political study on the Balkan States and on Central and Eastern Europe'', Athens 1927
* ''Geographical, political and geo-economical studies on the basin of the Danube, the Balkan peninsula and of East Mediterranean''
References
External links
* Arnold Dreyblatt
''Who is Who in Central & East Europe''
1887 births
1951 deaths
People from Aroania
Farmers' Party (Greece) politicians
Democratic Alignment politicians
Foreign ministers of Greece
Greek MPs 1933–1935
Greek MPs 1950–1951
{{Greece-politician-stub