- Anastasios Charalambis
Anastasios Charalambis ( _el. Αναστάσιος Χαραλάμπης) (1862–
March 11 1949 ) was a Greekgeneral and interim Prime Minister of Greece for one day in 1922.Charalambis was born in 1862 to a leading
Achaia n family. He pursued a career in theHellenic Army and attained the rank of general. He served as Minister of the Army in 1917 and 1922.When the Greek army was defeated in the Greco-Turkish War and the government of
Petros Protopapadakis fell, Greece was plunged into a political crisis. In September, 1922,Nikolaos Triantaphyllakos was Prime Minister as the military revolted inThessaloniki and then inMytilene . A revolutionary committee led byStylianos Gonatas demanded the abdication of King Constantine and onSeptember 26 1922 , the king abandoned his throne and the government of Triantaphyllakos resigned. The revolutionary committee selectedAlexandros Zaimis as Prime Minister, but as he was out of the country,Sotirios Krokidas was appointed as interim Prime Minister. Until Krokidas could reachAthens to be sworn in, the Minister of the Army, Charalambis was sworn in as Prime Minister on September 29, and served for one day.Charalambis died on
March 11 1949 .ources
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