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Ioannis Metaxas

1871 - 1941

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Ioannis Metaxas (Greek: Ιωάννης Μεταξάς; 12 April 1871 – 29 January 1941) was a Greek military officer and politician who was dictator of Greece from 1936 until his death in 1941. He governed constitutionally for the first four months of his tenure, and thereafter as the strongman leader of the 4th of August Regime following his appointment by King George II. Born to an aristocratic family in Ithaca, Metaxas took part in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the Balkan Wars (1912–13), and quickly rose through the ranks of the Hellenic Army. As a monarchist during the National Schism, Metaxas unsuccessfully opposed Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos and Greece's entry in World War I, most famously leading monarchist forces during the Noemvriana; he was exiled to Corsica in response in 1917. On his return, Metaxas moved into politics and founded the Freethinkers' Party, but had only limited success under the Second Hellenic Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ioannis Metaxas is the 1,912th most popular politician (down from 1,732nd in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Greece (down from 128th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Greek Politician.

Ioannis Metaxas was most famous for being the dictator of Greece from 1936 to 1941.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ioannis Metaxas ranks 1,912 out of 19,576. Before him are Suleyman Shah, Llywelyn the Great, Avitus, Jahanara Begum, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. After him are Simon Thassi, Roman Herzog, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Bonne of Luxembourg, Oruç Reis, and Empress Myeongseong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Ioannis Metaxas ranks 16. Before him are Pietro Badoglio, Paul Valéry, Albert Lebrun, Baroness Mary Vetsera, Lesya Ukrainka, and Heinrich Mann. After him are Elena of Montenegro, Theodore Dreiser, Émile Borel, Georges Rouault, Maurice Garin, and František Kupka. Among people deceased in 1941, Ioannis Metaxas ranks 17. Before him are Maximilian Kolbe, Paul Sabatier, Émile Bernard, Arthur Evans, James George Frazer, and Robert Delaunay. After him are El Lissitzky, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Marina Tsvetaeva, Émile Picard, Hans Spemann, and Edward Rydz-Śmigły.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Ioannis Metaxas ranks 138 out of 1,024. Before him are Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), Antiphon (-480), Prodicus (-460), Antipope Alexander V (1339), Agesilaus II (-444), and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882). After him are Oruç Reis (1473), Desmond Doss (1919), Antonia Minor (-36), Hippias (-600), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), and Djemal Pasha (1872).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Ioannis Metaxas ranks 51. Before him are Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Nestor (null), Matthew Kantakouzenos (1325), Antiphon (-480), Agesilaus II (-444), and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (1882). After him are Oruç Reis (1473), Antonia Minor (-36), Hippias (-600), Perseus of Macedon (-212), Nabis (-300), and Antonia the Elder (-39).

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