Adamantios Androutsopoulos ( el, Αδαμάντιος Ανδρουτσόπουλος; 20 August 1919 – 10 November 2000) was a lawyer and professor. He held various ministerial posts under the
Greek military junta of 1967–1974
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...
and was finally appointed 168th
Prime Minister of Greece from 1973 to 1974 by junta strongman
Dimitrios Ioannides.
He was born in
Psari,
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a ...
, Greece in 1919.
He studied at the
University of Athens
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...
and at the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...
. He never graduated from Chicago. He was
Finance Minister
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A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", ...
(21 April 1967 – 26 August 1971) and
Minister for the Interior
Minister may refer to:
* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
* Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department)
** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
(26 August 1971 – 10 May 1973) during the
Papadopoulos military régime.
When Papadopoulos was overthrown in 1973 by Ioannides, Androutsopoulos was appointed
Head of Government
The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...
(25 November 1973 – 23 July 1974), and also Finance Minister (25 November 1973 – 26 July 1974), until the return of
democratic government
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in 1974 during the ''
Metapolitefsi
The Metapolitefsi ( el, Μεταπολίτευση, , " regime change") was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioaniddes military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections.
The ...
''.
References
1919 births
2000 deaths
20th-century prime ministers of Greece
20th-century Greek lawyers
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
Prime Ministers of Greece
Greek educators
Ministers of the Interior of Greece
Leaders of the Greek junta
Finance ministers of Greece
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People from Messenia
Greek expatriates in the United States