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Alexandros Papagos

1883 - 1955

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Alexandros Papagos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek military officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek army career officer to rise to the rank of Field Marshal, Papagos became the first Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff from 1950 until his resignation the following year. He then entered politics, founding the nationalist Greek Rally party and becoming the country's Prime Minister after his victory in the 1952 elections. His premiership was shaped by the Cold War and the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, and was defined by several key events, including Greece becoming a member of NATO; U.S. military bases being allowed on Greek territory and the formation of a powerful and vehemently anti-communist security apparatus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandros Papagos is the 4,534th most popular politician (down from 4,335th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Greece and the 111th most popular Greek Politician.

Alexandros Papagos was a Greek general who led Greece in World War II. He was most famous for leading Greece to victory in the Greco-Italian War and the Battle of the Metaxas Line.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexandros Papagos ranks 4,534 out of 19,576. Before him are Filipe Nyusi, Alexander III of Scotland, Emperor Seiwa, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Robert III of Scotland, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. After him are Jeong Dojeon, Grifo, Sten Sture the Elder, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, John, Elector of Saxony, and Frederick the Simple.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Alexandros Papagos ranks 48. Before him are A. S. Neill, Erich Heckel, Döme Sztójay, Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, Giovanni Messe, and Max Linder. After him are Ivan Meštrović, Gusztáv Jány, Gino Severini, Marie Laurencin, Alexander Yegorov, and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. Among people deceased in 1955, Alexandros Papagos ranks 37. Before him are Leonid Govorov, Major Ritchie, Oswald Avery, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Cordell Hull, and Rodolphe Seeldrayers. After him are Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, Archie Hahn, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Eugène Joseph Delporte, and Alexander Wienerberger.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alexandros Papagos ranks 272 out of 1,024. Before him are Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Jean Moréas (1856), Pausanias of Sparta (null), Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180), and Phaedo of Elis (-401). After him are Philopoemen (-253), Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770), Anaxandridas II (-565), Arsinoe I (-305), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), and Callias II (-515).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Alexandros Papagos ranks 111. Before him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Antiochus X Eusebes (-200), Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926), Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1911), Pausanias of Sparta (null), and Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1180). After him are Philopoemen (-253), Anaxandridas II (-565), Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906), Callias II (-515), Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), and Pelopidas (-450).

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