Alexandros Koryzis
Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 29 January 1941 – 18 April 1941
Monarch	George II
Preceded by	Ioannis Metaxas
Succeeded by	Emmanouil Tsouderos
Personal details
Born	1885 Poros,Greece
Died	18 April 1941(1941-04-18) (aged 55–56) Athens,Greece
Cause of death	Suicide by gunshot
Political party	Independent (Non-political)
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Alexandros Koryzis (Greek:Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής; 1885^[1] – 18 April 1941) was a Greek politician who served briefly as theprime minister ofGreece in 1941.

Koryzis assumed this role on 29 January 1941, when his predecessor, the dictatorIoannis Metaxas died ofthroat cancer, during theGreco-Italian War.^[2] Prior to this, Koryzis had been governor of theBank of Greece.^[3][4]

Koryzis was born on the small island ofPoros in Greece, where a museum dedicated to his life and contribution exists today.^[5]

Prime Minister Metaxas had declined British offers of direct military assistance on the grounds that this could be used as a justification for German intervention in support of their Italian allies. Koryzis however agreed to the dispatch of "W Force" - a British and Dominion force of two infantry divisions and an armoured brigade.

Although largely powerless, as the government was effectively controlled byKing George II, Koryzis still bore the burden of theGerman invasion which commenced on 6 April of the same year. Less than two weeks later, on 18 April, asGerman troops marched towardsAthens and the city was placed undermartial law, heshot himself.^[6] According toTheodore Stephanides, who was inCrete at the time, newspapers initially reported that the cause of his death was aheart attack, likely to avoid causing mass panic inAthens.^[7]

• Newspaper clippings about Alexandros Koryzis in the20th Century Press Archives of theZBW

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