“all the power I need for saving Greece from the catastrophes which threaten her.”
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Ioannis Metaxas
Ioannis Metaxas was a Greek military officer and politician who was the 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.
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politics · Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941) · politician · military officer · military personnel · diplomat · also Ioannis Metaxas, İoannis Metaksas, Ioannis Metaksas, Metaxas
Born 12 April 1871 · Died 29 January 1941 · Q189139
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The Italian Government has repeatedly noted that, during the course of the present war, the Greek Government has adopted and maintained a position which goes not only against the smooth and peaceful..."-Alors, c'est la guerre.-Pas nécessaire, mon excellence.-Non, c'est nécessaire.
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2026· 1 entry
2021· 1 entry
ČT24: Řecký diktátor, který se za války postavil silnějším Italům. Před 80 lety zemřel Ioannis Metaxas
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1941· 2 entries
Died 1941-01-29.
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“The Italian Government has repeatedly noted that, during the course of the present war, the Greek Government has adopted and maintained a position which goes not only against the smooth and peaceful..."-Alors, c'est la guerre.-Pas nécessaire, mon excellence.-Non, c'est nécessaire.”
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1938· 2 entries
Noted that even Plato's "Republic" was on Metaxas's list of prohibited books – which in Koestler's view made the Metaxas dictatorship "stupid as well as vicious"
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And had all school texts re-written to fit the regime's ideology
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1936· 4 entries
Elections, the Venizelists won 141 seats while the Populists loyal to Tsaldaris won 72 seats, another faction of the Populists loyal to Ioannis Theotokis won 38 seats, the followers of Kondylis won 12 seats and Metaxas's
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Greece (1936–1941).
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Greatly upset Metaxas's calculations and forced him to reevaluate Greece's foreign policy alignments, though he continued to hope for a while that Germany would restrain Italy in the Balkans
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Career landmark: Minister of Military Affairs of Greece (1936–1941).
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1935· 4 entries
As a way of putting off the pressure to hold a referendum on restoring the monarchy, and his decisive victory in an election boycotted by the Liberals for the moment seemed to strengthened his hand
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King George greatly distrusted him as he had not forgotten that it was Kondylis who had deposed and exiled him in 1924
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Be restated, which led to warnings from the right-wing parties that the king risked being sent into exile again if any of the dismissed officers received their commissions again
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The Comintern had ordered Communist parties around the world to engage in "popular fronts" against fascism, allying themselves with other left-wing parties
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1933· 1 entry
There was a failed assassination attempt against Venizelos, which Metaxas praised in his newspaper Hellenki, expressing regret only that the attempt failed
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1924· 1 entry
Pronounced himself in favor of restoring the monarchy on 3 July 1935, he demoralized the republicans and the more opportunistic republicans started to defect over to the monarchist camp, though Metaxas drew little benefi
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1922· 1 entry
The refugees tended to be very hostile towards the House of Glücksburg and Thessaloniki was known as a "hotbed of republicanism"
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1915· 1 entry
Career landmark: Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (1915–1915).
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1913· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Redeemer (1913).
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1912· 1 entry
Just before the Balkan Wars, Venizelos appointed Metaxas to negotiate the military treaty between Greece and Bulgaria, sending him to Sofia
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1910· 1 entry
Metaxas was appointed by Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos, who had also assumed the post of Minister of Military Affairs, as his adjutant
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1904· 1 entry
Joined the newly formed General Staff Corps
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1871· 1 entry
Born 1871-04-12.
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