Konstantinos Georgakopoulos

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Konstantinos Georgakopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος; 26 December 1890 – 26 July 1973) was a Greek lawyer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece.

Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Κωνσταντίνος Γεωργακόπουλος
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Minister of Education of Greece
In office August 6, 1936 – November 25, 1938
Prime Minister	Ioannis Metaxas
Caretaker Prime Minister of Greece
In office March 3, 1958 – May 17, 1958
Preceded by	Constantine Karamanlis
Succeeded by	Constantine Karamanlis
Personal details
Born	(1890-12-26)26 December 1890 Tripoli, Greece
Died	26 July 1973(1973-07-26) (aged 82) Athens, Greece
Political party	People's Party
Residence(s)	Athens, Greece
Occupation	Politician, Lawyer

Biography

He was born in Mostitsi (Drymos), Greece, and studied law at the University of Athens.^[1] In 1915, he became a military court judge. He left the military justice system in 1923 with the rank of colonel. He subsequently served, until 1951, as a lecturer in law at his former university.

In 1928, he joined the People's Party. From November 1935 to August 1936, he served as an Undersecretary in the cabinets of Konstantinos Demertzis and Ioannis Metaxas, respectively. He was Minister for Education from August 1936 to November 1938 under Metaxas. In 1948, he became President of the Greek Red Cross.^[2]

From 5 March to 17 May 1958, he served as prime minister and Minister for the Interior in the caretaker government for the 1958 elections.^[3] He participated in many Board of directors organizations and was honored with several awards and medals. He died in Athens on July 26, 1973.^[1]