Nikolaos Deligiannis
Nikolaos Petrou Deligiannis (Greek : Νικόλαος Πέτρου Δηλιγιάννης, 1845, Athens – 5 January 1910, Paris[1])[2] was the caretaker Prime Minister of Greece from January to June 1895.
Biography[]
Born in Athens, he is the son of foreign minister of Greece (1841, 1849 & 1863) and spawn of the powerful primate from Langadia, Arcadia.
, three-timeHe studied law at the University of Athens and made his career in the diplomatic corps. He was first appointed secretary of the Greek embassy in Constantinople and then served as ambassador in Belgrade (1881–1885), Paris (1885–1893)[3] and in Madrid. He returned to Athens and after a while he left Paris again, where he was appointed Ambassador of Greece. In 1899 he was a representative of Greece in the Hague Conference. He was also a founding member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee.
In January 1895, after the fall of the seventh and last Charilaos Trikoupis, he was appointed by George I as caretaker Prime Minister. The , composed of extra-parliamentary figures, in which he also held the Foreign and Interior portfolios, conducted elections which took place in May of the same year. They were won by Theodore Deligiannis, a first cousin of his father, who accessed as Prime Minister on May 31, 1895. Nikolaos Deligiannis returned to the diplomatic service as ambassador in Paris, where he died and was buried in the cemetery of Boulogne.[3]
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His wife was Amalia lady-in-waiting, and Elena (Elisa) Baltatzi, wife of Alexandros , ambassador in Belgrade. They had three children. Their daughter and a son, officer in the Hellenic Army, had already died when Nikolaos Deligiannis died. The third child, Petros Deligiannis, was also a diplomat, secretary of the embassy in Washington, and Consul at the embassy in Paris in 1890.
, sister of N. Baltatzi,He is not to be confused with his cousin Theodore Deligiannis, who served as President of the Court of Cassation (Areopagus) in 1885–1890.
(1831–1890), son of and brother of Prime MinisterReferences[]
- ^ "Ο θάνατος του πρεσβευτού Δηλιγιάννη" [Death of the Ambassador Deligiannis]. Embros (pdf) (in Greek). 6 January 1910.
- ^ Note: Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style.
- ^ a b Makrydimitris, Antonis (2000). Οι υπουργοί των εξωτερικών της Ελλάδας 1829-2000 [The Foreign Ministers of Greece 1829-2000] (in Greek). Athens: Kastaniotis. p. 66.
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