Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas Γεώργιος Αθανασιάδης-Νόβας | |
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 Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas | |
| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 15 July 1965 – 20 August 1965 | |
| Monarch | Constantine II |
| Preceded by | Georgios Papandreou |
| Succeeded by | Ilias Tsirimokos |
| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 19 March 1964 – 15 July 1965 | |
| Monarch | Constantine II |
| Preceded by | Ilias Tsirimokos |
| Succeeded by | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 February 1893 Nafpaktos, Greece |
| Died | 10 August 1987 (aged 94) Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | Centre Union |
| Education | University of Athens |
Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas (Greek: Γεώργιος Αθανασιάδης-Νόβας) (February 9, 1893 – August 10, 1987[1]) was a Greek poet, lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister for one month in 1965. Born in Nafpaktos, he obtained his law degree from the University of Athens. He was first elected to the Greek Parliament in 1926 representing his native prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania, and was repeatedly elected to office until 1964.
A lawyer by trade, he served as Minister for the Interior in 1945, Minister for Education in 1950 and Minister for Industry in 1951.
In 1961, however, he was one of many conservatives who joined the Center Union (EK), in opposition to the corruption of right-wing governments at the time. In 1964, after EK came into power, he became Speaker of the Greek Parliament.
On July 15, 1965 he was appointed Prime Minister of Greece by king Constantine II, after the latter dismissed Georgios Papandreou, a move that is known as Apostasia of 1965. He was followed by many EK conservatives and with support from conservative National Radical Union MPs tried to form a government, but failed to get past a vote of confidence in parliament. He was replaced on August 20 of the same year.
In July 1974 he was one of the politicians who brokered the end of the Regime of the Colonels and the appointment of Constantine Karamanlis as Prime Minister.
Athanasiadis-Novas also wrote some poetry and prose under the pen name Georgios Athanas (Γεώργιος Αθάνας).[2] Literary critics found very little in the way of value in his works, but he found some popularity among his detractors, who used them to ridicule his less-than-distinguished political career. The stanza:
- Itan ta stithia sou
- aspra san galata
- kai mou 'leges:
- gargala ta
- Your breasts were
- White as milk
- And you urged me
- "Tickle them!"
gained him the comical nickname "Gargalatas", Tickler. Only after 40 years has it been proven that the fact that he wrote this stanza was an urban legend. It all started from an article of Costas Stamatiou at the newspaper Ta Nea, with the intention to ridicule him. Lefteris Papadopoulos cleared up the situation with an article at the same newspaper in 2004.
He died in Athens on August 10, 1987, aged 94.
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- 20th-century prime ministers of Greece
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- People from Nafpaktos
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- Liberal Party (Greece) politicians
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- Centre Union politicians
- Apostasia of 1965
- Prime Ministers of Greece
- Ministers of the Interior of Greece
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