- Georgios Kafantaris
Georgios Kafantaris (alternative spellings: Kaphantaris or Kafandaris,
13 October ,1873 -28 August ,1946 ) was a Greek politician, born in AnatolikiFragkista ,Evrytania .On
9 January ,1919 , Kafantaris joined theCabinet of Greece under Prime Minister of GreeceEleftherios Venizelos as Minister of Agriculture. He went on to disagree with him as far as holding theGreek legislative election, 1920 while theHellenic Army was still involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Venizelos accepted his resignation on4 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 on12 March , 1924. He was succeeded byAlexandros 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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