Georgios Kafantaris (alternative spellings: ''Kafandaris''; 13 October 1873 – 28 August 1946) was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki

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Biography

On 9 January 1919, Kafantaris joined the

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under Prime Minister of Greece Eleftherios Venizelos as

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. He went on to disagree with him as far as holding the

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while the

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was still involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Venizelos accepted his resignation on 4 February 1920. In the elections that ensued, Venizelos'

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was ousted. Kafantaris left the country for

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and the

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. He only returned following the defeat of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War and was named

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. On 19 February 1924, Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos resigned due to health reasons and nominated Kafantaris as his successor. Kafantaris served as Prime Minister for almost a month and then resigned himself on 12 March 1924 after a failed assassination attempt. He was succeeded by

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. Kafantaris opposed the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos and, after its overthrow, served several governments as

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. He died in Athens in 1946, and is buried in the

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Listing of Greek Ministers of Agriculture since 1917, including Kafantaris
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