Greek Prisoners Sentenced to Life Imprisonment - Ioannis Rallis, Stefanos Sarafis, Antonis Daglis, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Alexandros Giotopoulos (Paperback)

Chapters: Ioannis Rallis, Stefanos Sarafis, Antonis Daglis, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Alexandros Giotopoulos. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ioannis Rallis ( . ) (1878, Athens - 26 October 1946) was the third and last collaborationist prime minister of Greece during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II, holding office from 7 April 1943 to 12 October 1944, succeeding Konstantinos Logothetopoulos in the Nazi-controlled the Greek puppet government in Athens. Rallis was son of the former Greek Prime Minister, Dimitrios Rallis and he came of a family with a long tradition in political leadership. He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as well as in France and Germany. Upon his return to Greece he became a lawyer. In 1905, he was elected as an MP for the first time; he remained in parliament until 1936, when democracy was abolished in Greece by the 4th of August Regime under Ioannis Metaxas. Rallis originally belonged to the Greek conservative, monarchist People's Party. As a member of this party he served in various administrations as: After the victory of the People's Party in Greek legislative election, 1933, he served the new government under Tsaldaris from various posts. In 1935, he had a disagreement with the Prime Minister Panagis Tsaldaris, the leader of the People's Party, and at the ensuing Greek legislative election, 1935 he campaigned with Ioannis Metaxas and Georgios Stratos on the Freethinker's Party ticket, but he failed to get elected. Greece was in a time of great political instability and new elections were held, the Greek legislative election, 1936. This time Rallis joined with Georgios Kondylis and Ioannis Theotokis and he was elected. Parliament was fractured with the Liberal Party under T...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=442136