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Stylianos Mavromichalis ( el, Στυλιανός Μαυρομιχάλης) (1899 – 29 October 1981) was a
Greek
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and
Prime Minister
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.
Born in
Mani
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, Stylianos was a descendant of the well-known
Petros Mavromichalis
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that participated in the
Greek War of Independence.
He studied
law
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and was president of the
Areopagus
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(Court of Cassation; Greek: Άρειος Πάγος), the Supreme Court of Greece. He was prime minister for a very short period, from 29 September to 8 November 1963, of a transitional government. He died in Athens.
References
1899 births
1981 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Greece
Maniots
Mavromichalis family
20th-century Greek judges
Presidents of the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece
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