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Manolis Glezos

1922 - 2020

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Manolis Glezos (Greek: Μανώλης Γλέζος; 9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020) was a Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and member of the Greek Resistance during World War II. After the end of the war, Glezos became a journalist and edited the left-wing newspapers Rizospastis and I Avgi. He also published six books. During the Axis occupation of Greece, he and Lakis Santas took down the flag of Nazi Germany from the Acropolis. After the end of the Nazi occupation, his left-wing political beliefs and activism in the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) led to him being sentenced to death three times; his imprisonments and legal troubles were often the topic of international interest, until his permanent release in 1971. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Manolis Glezos is the 8,392nd most popular politician (down from 8,062nd in 2019), the 428th most popular biography from Greece (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 185th most popular Greek Politician.

Manolis Glezos is most famous for tearing down the Nazi German flag from the Acropolis in Athens in May 1941.

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Among politicians, Manolis Glezos ranks 8,392 out of 19,576. Before him are Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Rum Mehmed Pasha, George Vassiliou, Mutnedjmet, Eugen Leviné, and Alois Eliáš. After him are Rusa I, Zu Ding, Emanuel Ringelblum, Miklós Kállay, Hiram Rhodes Revels, and Thomas A. Hendricks.

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Among people born in 1922, Manolis Glezos ranks 139. Before him are András Hegedüs, Cyd Charisse, Micheline Presle, Kingsley Amis, Ivry Gitlis, and Taro Kagawa. After him are Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Luis Echeverría, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia, Emile Habibi, and Guy Hamilton. Among people deceased in 2020, Manolis Glezos ranks 161. Before him are Sergei Khrushchev, Jaswant Singh, Ivry Gitlis, Mad Mike Hoare, Albert Memmi, and Benjamin Mkapa. After him are Amadeo Carrizo, Walid Muallem, Shirley Knight, Borys Paton, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Louis Nirenberg.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 428 out of 1,024. Before him are Isaac Carasso (1874), Dionysios Solomos (1798), Manos Hatzidakis (1925), Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), Anyte of Tegea (-290), and Eupalinos (-600). After him are Callimachus (-500), Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Dexippus (210), Menedemus (-340), Asclepiades of Samos (-320), and Brennus (-301).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Manolis Glezos ranks 185. Before him are Alexandros Zaimis (1855), Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), Diagoras of Rhodes (-500), Faustus Cornelius Sulla (-88), Dinarchus (-361), and Michail Stasinopoulos (1903). After him are Augustinos Kapodistrias (1778), Brennus (-301), Constantine Kanaris (1793), Constantine Phaulkon (1647), Antalcidas (-500), and Agesilaus I (null).

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