Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos ( el, Νικόλαος Καλογερόπουλος; 23 July 1851 – 7 January 1927) was a
Greek
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politician and briefly
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 ...
.
Biography
Kalogeropoulos was born in
Chalkida
Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...
,
Euboea
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, and studied law in
Athens
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and
Paris
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. He was elected a member of the
Hellenic Parliament
The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...
a total of ten times representing Euboea and served as minister in several conservative governments. He was associated with the
People's Party after its formation in 1920.
He briefly served as Prime Minister twice. He died in Athens on 7 January 1927 at the age of 75.
References
1851 births
1927 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Greece
People from Chalcis
People's Party (Greece) politicians
Prime Ministers of Greece
Greek people of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
Justice ministers of Greece
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