Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras ( el, Παύλος Οικονόμου-Γκούρας, 3 November 1897 – 27 April 1991) was a

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diplomat and thrice

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of Greece. Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras descended from a wealthy family from the village of

Goura, Corinthia Goura ( el, Γκούρα) is a settlement in Corinthia, Greece. It is located at an altitude of 950 metres on the western slopes of Mount Zireia in the valley of the river Olvios, 91 kilometres south-west of Corinth. The village is named after the ...

that had taken part in the

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. After studies in 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 ...

, he entered the Greek Diplomatic Corps in 1921. He served in various diplomatic posts in

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, the

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and

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, as well as serving as

Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations ( el, Μόνιμος αντιπρόσωπος της Ελλάδας στον Οργανισμό Ηνωμένων Εθνών) is the Permanent Representative of the Greek government to th ...

in 1960–61. He also served as Foreign Minister on the interim government of

Stylianos Mavromichalis Stylianos Mavromichalis ( el, Στυλιανός Μαυρομιχάλης) (1899 – 29 October 1981) was a Greek politician and Prime Minister. Born in Mani, Stylianos was a descendant of the well-known Petros Mavromichalis that participated i ...

in 1963, in the 1966–1967

Ioannis Paraskevopoulos Ioannis Paraskevopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Παρασκευόπουλος) (25 December 1900 – 8 April 1984), was a Greek banker and politician who served twice as interim Prime Minister of Greece during the 1960s. He was born in Lavda, Elis ...

cabinet, and in the cabinet of

Konstantinos Kollias Constantine Kollias ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Κόλλιας) (1901 – 13 July 1998) was a Greek Attorney General of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court who was proclaimed Prime Minister by the far right-wing military junta, which ruled ...

following the establishment of the

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on 21 April 1967, until his resignation on 3 November 1967. He died on 27 April 1991 at the age of 93.

References

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