Panagiotis Poulitsas

Panagiotis Poulitsas (Greek: Παναγιώτης Πουλίτσας, 9 September 1881 – 16 January 1968) was a Greek judge and archeologist who briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Greece from 4 April 1946 to 18 April 1946.^[1] He was born in Geraki, Laconia on 9 September 1881.^[2]^[3]

As President of the Council of State, he took the premiership of an interim government from 4 to 18 April 1946 after the troubled 31 March 1946 elections, which were simultaneous with the reigniting of the Greek Civil War.

In 1947, he became a member of the Archaeological Society of Athens and of the Academy of Athens, of which he was elected president in 1954.^[4]

He died in Athens on 16 January 1968 at the age of 86.^[5] He was the maternal grandfather of the famous author and playboy Taki Theodoracopulos.^[6]

References

^ Featherstone, K.; Papadimitriou, D.; Mamarelis, A.; Niarchos, G. (2011). The Last Ottomans: The Muslim Minority of Greece 1940–1949. Springer. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-230-29465-3.
^ Michail Stamatelatos, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου. Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece). Athens: Hermes, 2001.
^ Family Trees of Southern Parnon
^ Ordinary Members of the Academy of Athens in order of selection Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Website of the Academy of Athens
^ Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-134-26490-2.
^ "Not Fit To Print". newschoolfreepress.com. The New School Free Press. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2015.

External links

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Political offices
Preceded by Themistoklis Sophoulis	Prime Minister of Greece (interim) 4–18 April 1946	Succeeded by Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Legal offices
Preceded by Panagiotis Triantafyllakos	President of the Council of State 1943–1951	Succeeded by Sotirios Souliotis