Petros Protopapadakis ( el, Πέτρος Πρωτοπαπαδάκης; 1854–1922) was a Greek politician and
Prime Minister of Greece in May–September 1922.
Life and work
Born in 1854 in
Apeiranthos
Apeiranthos or Aperathos ( or ; local dialect: , ) is a mountainous village on the island of Naxos in Greece. It is located north-east of the capital of the island, built on the foothill of mountain Fanari, on an altitude between 570 and 640 m. ...
,
Naxos
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, Protopapadakis studied mathematics and engineering in
Paris
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but was keenly interested in politics. He was a professor at the
Scholi Evelpidon
The Hellenic Army Academy ( el, Στρατιωτική Σχολή Ευελπίδων), commonly known as the Evelpidon, is a military academy. It is the Officer cadet school of the Greek Army and the oldest third-level educational institution in G ...
, the military academy of Greece.
Protopadakis was elected to the
Hellenic Parliament in 1902 as a member of the conservative
Nationalist Party. He later joined the
People's Party and served as Minister of Economy and later, in the government of
Dimitrios Gounaris
Dimitrios Gounaris (; 5 January 1867 – 28 November 1922) was a Greek politician who served as the Prime Minister of Greece from 25 February to 10 August 1915 and 26 March 1921 to 3 May 1922. Leader of the People's Party, he was the main ri ...
, he was the Justice Minister (1921–22). In 1922, during the ill-fated
Greco-Turkish War, Protopapadakis was asked to form a government by
King Constantine when Gounaris resigned after almost losing a vote of confidence. Protopapadakis became Prime Minister and Gounaris the Justice Minister, and remained so for a little more than 3 months and was overthrown by a military coup d'état.
Protopapadakis was executed in the
Trial of the Six
The Trial of the Six ( el, Δίκη των Έξι, ''Díki ton Éxi'') or the Execution of the Six was the trial for treason, in late 1922, of the Anti-Venizelist officials held responsible for the Greek military defeat in Asia Minor. The tria ...
proceedings at
Goudi
Goudi (, since 2006; formerly Γουδί ) is a residential neighbourhood of Athens, Greece, on the eastern part of town and on the foothills of Mount Hymettus.
History
The name of the area derives from the 19th century Goudi (Γουδή) famil ...
on November 1922, along with the other five most senior members of his government.
See also
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History of Modern Greece
The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — Britain, France and Russia — of its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day.
Background
The Byzantine Empire had ...
References
1854 births
1922 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Greece
People from Naxos
Prime Ministers of Greece
Greek people of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
People's Party (Greece) politicians
People executed for treason against Greece
Executed prime ministers
Finance ministers of Greece
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