Petros Protopapadakis (; 31 December 1854 – 28 November 1922) was a politician and

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from May to September 1922.

Life and work

Born in 1860 in

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, Protopapadakis studied mathematics and engineering in

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but was keenly interested in politics. He was a professor at the Scholi Evelpidon, the military academy of Greece. Protopadakis was elected to the

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in 1902 as a member of the conservative Nationalist Party. He later joined the People's Party and served as Minister of Economy and later, in the government of

Dimitrios Gounaris Dimitrios Gounaris (; 5 January 1867 – 28 November 1922) was a Greek politician who served as the prime minister of Greece from 25 February to 10 August 1915 and 26 March 1921 to 3 May 1922. The leader of the People's Party, he was the ma ...

, he was the Justice Minister (1921–22). In 1922, during the ill-fated Greco-Turkish War, Protopapadakis was asked to form a government by King Constantine when Gounaris resigned after almost losing a

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. Protopapadakis became Prime Minister and Gounaris the Justice Minister. Protopapadakis remained in his position for a little more than 3 months, as he was overthrown by a military

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Death

Protopapadakis was executed in the

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proceedings at

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in November 1922, along with the other five most senior members of his government.

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Death

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