Dimitrios Kiousopoulos (, November 17, 1892 – January 20, 1977) was an important Greek

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, politician, and the caretaker

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in 1952. He was born on November 17, 1892, in the town of

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. He began a successful legal career in 1917. Following

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, he was a public prosecutor heavily involved in the expulsion of

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(Muslims of Albanian descent, many of whom had been enthusiastic collaborators with occupying

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) from

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, sentencing 178 to death, 370 to life imprisonment, and about 1,950 to death ''in absentia''.Konstantinos Tsitseliki. 2011. ''Old and New Islam in Greece: From Historical Minorities to Immigrant Newcomers'', p. 85. He became Prosecutor for the Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) from 1950 to 1961. When

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was voted out of office, Kiousopoulos became the caretaker

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for 39 days, from 11 October to 19 November 1952 when General

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and the

Greek Rally Greek Rally ( (ΕΣ), ''Ellīnikòs Synagermós'' (ES)) was a right-wing political party in Greece. History Founded on 6 August 1951 by former field marshal Alexandros Papagos, the party encompassed a broad spectrum of the royalist conservativ ...

party won a major victory. He is one of 17 people to serve less than 40 days as prime minister, and the only one to do so in the 1950s. Kiousopoulos died on 20 January 1977 in Athens.

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