Stefanos Stefanopoulos ( el, Στέφανος Στεφανόπουλος, 3 July 1898 – 4 October 1982) was a
Greek
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politician, and served as
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 ...
from 1965 to 1966.
Stefanopoulos was born in
Pyrgos, Elis
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. He was a moderate conservative, and served as a cabinet member during
Alexandros Papagos
Alexandros Papagos ( el, Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek caree ...
' government. He even served as acting Prime Minister for a day after the latter's death on 4 October 1955.
On 17 September 1965, he became
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 ...
during the period of the
"Apostasia", supported by conservatives and defecting members of the
Centre Union
The Centre Union ( el, Ἕνωσις Κέντρου ''Énōsis Kéntrou'', abbreviated ΕΚ) was a major centrist political party in Greece, created in 1961 by Georgios Papandreou.Clogg, 1987, pp. 39–40
History
The Centre Union was a politica ...
party. Unable to gain a parliamentary
vote of confidence
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, his government fell on 22 December 1966.
He died, aged 84, in
Athens
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.
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1898 births
1982 deaths
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Grand Crosses 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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