Ioannis Metaxas
Also known as İoannis Metaksas, Ioannis Metaksas
Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941)
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- 1871
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- 1941
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- Hē historia tou ethnikou dichasmou (kai tēs Mikrasiatikēs Katastrophēs)
- Logoi kai skepseis
- Ho nomos Trikkalōn stēn anagennōmenēn Hellada
- Logoi kai skepseis, 1936-1941
- The character of the Metaxas dictatorship
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Ioannis Metaxas (Greek: Ιωάννης Μεταξάς; 12 April 1871 – 29 January 1941) 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.
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.
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