Michail Stasinopoulos

Michail Stasinopoulos
President of Greece (interim)
In office 18 December 1974 – 19 July 1975
Preceded by	Phaedon Gizikis (Military Junta)
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Tsatsos
Personal details
Born	(1903-07-27)27 July 1903 Kalamata, Greece
Died	31 October 2002(2002-10-31) (aged 99) Athens, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Political party	New Democracy

Michail Stasinopoulos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Στασινόπουλος; 27 July 1903 – 31 October 2002) was a Greek jurist. He served as the first, interim, President of the Third Hellenic Republic between 18 December 1974 and 19 July 1975.

Biography

He studied law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and was awarded a Ph.D. in Law in 1934. In 1937 he was appointed Associate Professor of Administrative Law at Athens University and in 1943 became a Professor at the Panteion University, where he served as rector from 1951 to 1958.

From 1951 to 1953, he was President of the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. In 1952 he served as caretaker Minister to the Prime Minister's Office and Labour Minister in the caretaker government of Dimitrios Kiousopoulos and in 1958 he was Minister for the Presidency in the caretaker government of Konstantinos Georgakopoulos. In 1929, he was accepted into the Council of State, having come first in the entrance examination, and served as President of this body between 1966 and 1969.

In the Greek legislative election, 1974, Michail Stasinopoulos became a Member of Parliament in the nationwide ticket of the New Democracy party. When a referendum (8 December 1974) established Greece as a Republic, Michail Stasinopoulos was elected as interim President of the Republic by a majority in the Hellenic Parliament. He served as Head of State from 18 December 1974 until 19 July 1975, that is, until the finaliziation of the new political institutions by the revisionary national assembly through the promulgation of the new Constitution of Greece. Michail Stasinopoulos died on 31 October 2002.

Writings

Michail Stasinopoulos was a prolific writer. His literary work first appeared in the magazine "The Muse" (1920-1923). He published many scientific articles and literary works, as well as translations of French poetry and prose. In 1968 he was elected to the Athens Academy as a full member and in 1969 and 1970 he was put forward by the President of the French Council of State, René Cassin, as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Heads of state of Greece 1st Republic (1827–1832) Ioannis Kapodistrias Augustinos Kapodistrias Governing Councils Monarchy (1832–1924) Otto Regency Council George I Constantine I Alexander Pavlos Kountouriotis1 Queen Olga1 Constantine I George II Pavlos Kountouriotis1 2nd Republic (1924–1935) Pavlos Kountouriotis Theodoros Pangalos2 Pavlos Kountouriotis Alexandros Zaimis Monarchy (1935–1973) Georgios Kondylis1 2 George II Archbishop Damaskinos1 George II Paul Constantine II3 Military Junta (1967–1974) Georgios Zoitakis1 2 Georgios Papadopoulos1 2 Phaedon Gizikis2 3rd Republic (since 1974)4 Michail Stasinopoulos1 Konstantinos Tsatsos Constantine Karamanlis Ioannis Alevras1 Christos Sartzetakis Constantine Karamanlis Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias Prokopis Pavlopoulos 1 Regent or interim President 2 Heading or appointed by military regime 3 Fled Greece on 13 December 1967; de jure head of state until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973/74 4 The 1973–74 junta-proclaimed Republic is not officially recognised.