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Klepht leader, he served under the British in the 1800s. One of the main Greek leaders in the Greek War of Independence, as general-in-chief of the Morea. After Independence, he was a political opponent of the regency during King Otto's minority and imprisoned, narrowly escaping execution. Lieutenant General: Georgios Kondylis: 1878 1936
Greek ships were liable to be stopped and searched, while those in Allied harbours were detained in port. The French also took over control of the Thessaloniki harbour. [60] The Greek government's protests, which extended to neutral countries, including the United States, were regarded by the Allies as a hostile gesture. [61]
In October 1862, King Otto was deposed in a popular revolt, but while the Greek people rejected Otto, they did not seem averse to the concept of monarchy per se. Many Greeks, seeking closer ties to the pre-eminent world power , Great Britain , rallied around the idea that Prince Alfred , the second son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert ...
This is a list of ethnic Greeks who were born after the Declaration of the Greek War of Independence (1821), outside the borders of the Greek state. The list does not include Greeks born in the diasporan communities or Greeks of Cyprus (after its independence in 1960), but only Greeks born in the traditional Greek homelands (the Balkans ...
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Sidónio Pais – President of Portugal (1917–1918). Prior to this, he seized power in a coup d'état in December 1917 and proclaimed himself President of the Revolutionary Junta (1917). Later appointed himself as Prime Minister of Portugal , and simultaneously held the posts of Minister of War and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1917–1918 ...
This is a list of the heads of government of the modern Greek state, from its establishment during the Greek Revolution to the present day. Although various official and semi-official appellations were used during the early decades of independent statehood, the title of prime minister has been the formal designation of the office at least since 1843.
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