Georgios Kafantaris

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Georgios Kaphantaris in 1927

Georgios Kafantaris (alternative spellings: Kaphantaris or Kafandaris, 13 October 1873 – 28 August 1946) was a Greek politician, born in Anatoliki Fragkista, Evrytania.

On 9 January 1919, Kafantaris joined the Cabinet of Greece under Prime Minister of Greece Eleftherios Venizelos as Minister of Agriculture. He went on to disagree with him as far as holding the Greek legislative election, 1920 while the Hellenic Army was still involved in the Greco-Turkish War. Venizelos accepted his resignation on 4 February 1920.

In the elections that ensued, Venizelos' Liberal Party was ousted. Kafantaris left the country for French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Italy.

He only returned following the defeat of Greece in the Greco-Turkish War and was named Minister of Justice. On 19 February 1924, Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos resigned due to health reasons and nominated Kafantaris as his successor. Kafantaris served as Prime Minister for almost a month and then resigned himself on 12 March 1924 after a failed assassination attempt. He was succeeded by Alexandros Papanastasiou.

Kafantaris opposed the dictatorship of Theodoros Pangalos and, after its overthrow, took part in several more governments as Minister of Finance.

He died in Athens in 1946, and is buried in the First Cemetery of Athens.

External links

Listing of Greek Ministers of Agriculture since 1917, including Kafantaris

Preceded by Eleftherios Venizelos	Prime Minister of Greece 19 February 1924 – 12 March 1924	Succeeded by Alexandros Papanastasiou

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First Hellenic Republic (1822–1832)	Mavrokordatos P. Mavromichalis Kountouriotis And. Zaimis I. Kapodistrias A. Kapodistrias

Kingdom of Greece (1832–1924)	Sp. Trikoupis Mavrokordatos Kolettis von Armansperg von Rudhart King Otto Mavrokordatos King Otto A. Metaxas Kanaris Mavrokordatos Kolettis Tzavelas Kountouriotis Kanaris Kriezis Mavrokordatos D. Voulgaris Miaoulis Kolokotronis D. Voulgaris Moraitinis Z. Valvis Kyriakos Rouphos D. Voulgaris Kanaris Z. Valvis Kanaris Rouphos Koumoundouros Deligiorgis Rouphos D. Voulgaris Koumoundouros Moraitinis D. Voulgaris Thr. Zaimis Deligiorgis Koumoundouros Thr. Zaimis D. Voulgaris Deligiorgis D. Voulgaris Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Deligiorgis Koumoundouros Deligiorgis Koumoundouros Kanaris Koumoundouros Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Ch. Trikoupis Koumoundouros Ch. Trikoupis Th. Deligiannis D. Valvis Ch. Trikoupis Th. Deligiannis Konstantopoulos Ch. Trikoupis Sotiropoulos Ch. Trikoupis N. Deligiannis Th. Deligiannis D. Rallis Al. Zaimis G. Theotokis Al. Zaimis Th. Deligiannis G. Theotokis D. Rallis G. Theotokis Th. Deligiannis D. Rallis G. Theotokis D. Rallis K. Mavromichalis Dragoumis El. Venizelos Gounaris El. Venizelos Al. Zaimis Skouloudis Al. Zaimis Kalogeropoulos El. Venizelos² Lambros Al. Zaimis El. Venizelos D. Rallis Kalogeropoulos Gounaris Stratos Protopapadakis Triantafyllakos Charalambis Krokidas Gonatas El. Venizelos Kafantaris

Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935)	Papanastasiou Sofoulis Michalakopoulos Pangalos¹ Eftaxias¹ Kondylis³ Al. Zaimis El. Venizelos Papanastasiou El. Venizelos P. Tsaldaris El. Venizelos Othonaios³ P. Tsaldaris

Kingdom of Greece (1935–1973)	Kondylis¹ Demertzis I. Metaxas¹ Koryzis Tsouderos² Tsolakoglou⁴ Logothetopoulos⁴ I. Rallis⁴ Bakirtzis² S. Venizelos² Svolos² G. Papandreou (Sr.) Plastiras P. Voulgaris Archbishop Damaskinos Kanellopoulos Sofoulis Poulitsas³ K. Tsaldaris Maximos K. Tsaldaris Sofoulis Vafiadis² Zachariadis² Partsalidis² Diomidis I. Theotokis³ S. Venizelos Plastiras S. Venizelos Plastiras Kiousopoulos³ Papagos K. Karamanlis (Sr.) Georgakopoulos³ K. Karamanlis (Sr.) Dovas³ K. Karamanlis (Sr.) Pipinelis Sty. Mavromichalis³ G. Papandreou (Sr.) Paraskevopoulos³ G. Papandreou (Sr.) Novas Tsirimokos Stefanopoulos Paraskevopoulos³ Kanellopoulos³

Military Junta (1967–1974)	Kollias¹ Papadopoulos¹ Markezinis¹ Androutsopoulos¹

Third Hellenic Republic (since 1974)	K. Karamanlis (Sr.) G. Rallis A. Papandreou Tzannetakis Grivas³ Zolotas Mitsotakis A. Papandreou Simitis K. Karamanlis (Jr.) G. Papandreou (Jr.) Papademos³ Pikrammenos³ Samaras

¹Head of military/dictatorial government. ²Head of rival government not controlling Athens. ³Head of emergency or caretaker government. ⁴Head of collaborationist government during the Axis occupation (1941–44).

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 177759609 LCCN: n84020358 GND: 134057783

Persondata
Name	Kafantaris, Georgios
Alternative names
Short description	Prime Minister of Greece
Date of birth	13 October 1873
Place of birth
Date of death	28 August 1946
Place of death

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