Alexandros Karathodoros (, 1908 - 1981) was a

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and minister. He was born in

Trikala Trikala () is a city in northwestern Thessaly, Greece, and the capital of the Trikala (regional unit), Trikala regional unit. The city straddles the Lithaios river, which is a tributary of Pineios (Thessaly), Pineios. According to the Greek Natio ...

in 1908 to a

Sarakatsani The Sarakatsani (), also called Karakachani (), are an ethnic Greeks, Greek population subgroup who were traditionally Transhumance, transhumant shepherds, native to Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania, an ...

family. In 1920 his family moved near

Polykastro Polykastro (, before 1928 , ''Karasoúli''; ''Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece'', compiled by the/ref>) is a town and a former municipality in Kilkis (regional unit), Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. Since the 20 ...

, in village Latomi, Kilkis regional unit because it was closer to the

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, where they were herding the sheep in summer. He studied law in the university of

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. Elected as member of the parliament continuously from 1946 to 1967, he became Minister for Transport and Communications from 1950 to 1952 and Minister without Portfolio in 1966. He was imprisoned by the military junta in 1967. Karathodoros died in

in 1981.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karathodoros, Alexandros 1908 births 1981 deaths People from Trikala Sarakatsani United Alignment of Nationalists politicians People's Party (Greece) politicians Greek Rally politicians Progressive Party (Greece) politicians Greek MPs 1946–1950 Greek MPs 1950–1951 Greek MPs 1951–1952 Greek MPs 1952–1956 Greek MPs 1956–1958 Greek MPs 1958–1961 Greek MPs 1961–1963 Greek MPs 1963–1964 Greek MPs 1964–1967 Greek prisoners and detainees

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