Dimitrios Rallis

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Dimitrios Rallis (1844-1921) was descended from an old Greek political family. Before Greek independence, his grandfather, Alexander Rallis, was a prominent Phanariote. His father, George Rallis, was Minister in Andreas Miaoulis' government and later Chief Justice of the Greek Supreme Court.

Rallis was born in Athens in 1844. He was elected to Parliament in 1872 and always represented the same Athenian constituency. He became Minister in several governments and served as Prime Minister five times. He last formed a government after the 1920 election and it was his cabinet that authorised the plebiscite that saw King Constantine's reaccession to the throne. He died of cancer on August 5, 1921 at the age of 77.

Dimitrios Rallis' son, Ioannis Rallis, became Prime Minister during the war-time occupation and his grandson, George Rallis, served as Prime Minister in the early 1980s.

Preceded by: Theodoros Deligiannis	Prime Minister of Greece April 30, 1897 - October 3, 1897	Succeeded by: Alexandros Zaimis
Preceded by: Georgios Theotokis	Prime Minister of Greece July 11, 1903 - December 7, 1903	Succeeded by: Georgios Theotokis
Preceded by: Theodoros Deligiannis	Prime Minister of Greece June 22, 1905 - December 21, 1905	Succeeded by: Georgios Theotokis
Preceded by: Georgios Theotokis	Prime Minister of Greece July 19, 1909 - August 28, 1909	Succeeded by: Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis
Preceded by: Eleftherios Venizelos	Prime Minister of Greece November 18, 1920 - February 6, 1921	Succeeded by: Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos