Kyriakoulis Petrou Mavromichalis (, 1850–1916) was a
Greek
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politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who briefly served as the 30th
Prime Minister of Greece
The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ ...
.
Mavromichalis was born in
Athens
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in 1850 into the renowned
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Origin
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family of
Mani
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, which had fought during the
Greek War of Independence
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. He was first elected to the
Hellenic Parliament
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in 1879 and served as:
Interior Minister
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(1895–1897, 1902–1903 and 1905) and
Minister for Military Affairs (1904–1905), before becoming Prime Minister of Greece following the
Goudi Revolt
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by the
Military League
The Goudi coup ( el, κίνημα στο Γουδί) was a military coup d'état that took place in Greece on the night of , starting at the barracks in Goudi, a neighborhood on the eastern outskirts of Athens. The coup was a pivotal event in mod ...
and the fall of the
Dimitrios Rallis
Dimitrios Rallis (Greek: Δημήτριος Ράλλης; 1844–1921) was a Greek politician.
He was born in Athens in 1844. He was descended from an old Greek political family. Before Greek independence, his grandfather, Alexander Rallis, ...
government in 1909.
Under pressure from the League, Mavromichalis passed a large amount of ground-breaking legislation that the League demanded, including organization of the army, the justice and educational systems, and governmental organization.
Mavromichalis resigned as Prime Minister in January 1910, after a disagreement with the Military League. He died in
Athens
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in 1916 and was buried with full honours.
He was a great-uncle of Princess
Aspasia of Greece.
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1850 births
1916 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Greece
Foreign ministers of Greece
Greek MPs 1879–1881
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Ministers of Military Affairs of Greece
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