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Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος | |
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.png) Kanellopoulos in 1966 | |
| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 3 April 1967 – 21 April 1967 | |
| Monarch | Constantine II |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Paraskevopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Constantine Kollias |
| In office 1 November 1945 – 22 November 1945 | |
| Monarch | George II |
| Regent | Archbishop Damaskinos |
| Preceded by | Archbishop Damaskinos |
| Succeeded by | Themistoklis Sofoulis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1902-12-13)13 December 1902[1] Patras, Greece |
| Died | 11 September 1986(1986-09-11) (aged 83) Athens, Greece |
| Political party | National Radical Union |
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos orPanayotis Kanellopoulos (Greek:Παναγιώτης Κανελλόπουλος; 13 December 1902 – 11 September 1986) was a Greek writer, politician andPrime Minister of Greece. He was the Prime Minister of Greece deposed by theGreek military junta of 1967–1974.
Kanellopoulos was born inPatras and studied law inAthens,Heidelberg andMunich. He was an intellectual and author of books about politics, law, sociology, philosophy, and history. His book "I was born in 1402" received a literary award from theAcademy of Athens. He married Theano Poulikakou (Θεανώ Πουλικάκου).
After the start of theAxis occupation of Greece in 1941 he founded theOmiros resistance group, and in 1942 he fled to theMiddle East, where he served asMinister of Defence under theTsouderos government in exile duringWorld War II. In November 1945, he served as prime minister for a short period of time. After the war he becameMinister for Reconstruction underGeorgios Papandreou in a national unity government. He also served in other ministerial posts underAlexandros Diomidis,Konstantinos Karamanlis and others till 1967 when he became prime minister.
On 9 July 1961, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos as Deputy Prime Minister in Konstantinos Karamanlis' government and German Vice-ChancellorLudwig Erhard signed the protocols of Greece's Treaty of Association with theEuropean Economic Community (EEC). The signing ceremony in Athens was attended by top government officials from the six-member group consisting of Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. The six member group was the early precursor of today's 27 memberEuropean Union. Economy Minister Aristidis Protopapadakis and Foreign MinisterEvangelos Averoff were also present at the ceremony as well as Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis.
His niece, Amalia married Karamanlis. In 1963 he succeeded Karamanlis as leader of theNational Radical Union party (ERE).
He was the last Prime Minister (acting as a caretaker for the upcoming elections which were scheduled for 28 May) prior to thecoup d'état of 21 April 1967. He was placed under house arrest for the next seven years. During the events leading to themetapolitefsi (the period of political transition following the fall of the military junta),Phaedon Gizikis actively considered giving Kanellopoulos the mandate to form a transitional government. After themetapolitefsi Kanellopoulos resumed his parliamentary career as a member of theNew Democracy party. He declined offers to becomePresident of Greece when the post was offered to him during themetapolitefsi.
Kanellopoulos was the nephew ofDimitrios Gounaris.[2]
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| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Greece 1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister for National Defence 1952–1955 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Greece Caretaker 1967 | Succeeded by |
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