Georgios Kafantaris

Georgios Kafantaris

Georgios Kafantaris (alternative spellings: Kaphantaris or Kafandaris, 13 October, 1873 - 28 August, 1946) was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania.

On 9 January, 1919, Kafantaris joined the Cabinet of Greece under Prime Minister of Greece Eleftherios Venizelos as Minister of Agriculture. He went on to disagree with him as far as holding the Greek legislative election, 1920 while the Hellenic Army was still involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Venizelos accepted his resignation on 4 February, 1920.

In the elections that ensued, Venizelos' Liberal Party was ousted. Kafantaris left the country for French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Italy.

He only returned following the defeat of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War and was named Minister of Justice. On 19 February, 1924, Prime Minsister Eleftherios Venizelos resigned due to health reasons and nominated Kafantaris as his successor. Kafantaris served as Prime Minister for almost a month and then resigned himself on 12 March, 1924. He was succeeded by Alexandros Papanastasiou.

Kafantaris opposed the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos and, after its overthrow, took part in several more governments as Minister of Finance.

He died in 1946.

External links

* [http://www.minagric.gr/en/1.1.2.html Listing of Greek Ministers of Agriculture since 1917, including Kafantaris]


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