- Emmanouil Tsouderos
Emmanouil Tsouderos (1882 - 1956) was a political and financial figure of modern
Greece , serving as Prime Minister-in-exile duringWorld War II .Early life
Tsouderos was born in
Rethymno ,Crete in 1882 and studied law at Athens Univesrity. He furthered his studies in economics in Paris and London. cite news |first= |last= |coauthors= |title=M.Tsouderos War-Time Premier Of Greece Obituary |date=Saturday, Feb 11, 1956 |publisher= |url=http://archive.timesonline.co.uk/tol/archive/ |work=The Times |pages=9; Issue 53452; col C |accessdate=2008-06-29 |language=] He returned to Crete aged 24 and was elected Member of Parliament of the Cretan Legislature (1906 - 1912). After the union ("Ενωσις") of Crete with Greece, he was elected to theHellenic Parliament and served as Minister of Transportation underEleftherios Venizelos and Minister of Finances underThemistoklis Sophoulis . With the establishment of the Central Bank of Greece in 1928 he was appointed as first Vice-Governor and then as governor in 1931. [ [http://www.bankofgreece.gr/en/bank/ Bank of Greece - The Bank ] ] .Prime minister
In 1941, Tsouderos succeeded
Alexandros Korizis as Prime Minister of Greece. Korizis committed suicide as the German Army ("Wehrmacht Heer ") advanced towardsAthens . After assuming power, Tsouderos fled with King George to Crete where he organised Greek forces to face the coming German invasion.Tsouderos fled again during the
Battle of Crete . He went to theMiddle East and laterEgypt . Tsouderos headed the Greek government in exile until 1944. This government was initially located inLondon and subsequently moved toCairo . He served in the subsequent government in exile underSophoklis Venizelos and, after the end of World War II, Tsouderos served in different capacities until his death at the age of 74 in Genoa,Italy on Feb 10, 1956.References
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