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Evangelos Averoff
Greek politician and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza (Greek: Ευάγγελος Αβέρωφ Τοσίτσας) (Trikala, 17 April 1910 – Athens, 2 January 1990) was a Greek politician, leader of the New Democracy party (1981–1984), member of parliament, and author.
Quick Facts Minister of National Defence, President ...
Evangelos Averoff | |
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Ευάγγελος Αβέρωφ | |
![]() Evangelos Averoff in 1959 | |
Minister of National Defence | |
In office 24 July 1974 – 21 October 1981 | |
President | Phaedon Gizikis Michail Stasinopoulos Konstantinos Tsatsos Konstantinos Karamanlis |
Prime Minister | Konstantinos Karamanlis Georgios Rallis |
Succeeded by | Andreas Papandreou |
Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
In office 28 May 1956 – 20 September 1961 | |
Monarch | Paul |
Prime Minister | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
In office 4 November 1961 – 19 June 1963 | |
Leader of the Opposition and Leader of New Democracy | |
In office 9 December 1981 – 1 September 1984 | |
Succeeded by | Konstantinos Mitsotakis |
Personal details | |
Born | (1910-04-17)17 April 1910 Trikala |
Died | 2 January 1990(1990-01-02) (aged 79) Athens |
Political party | Liberal Party Greek Rally National Radical Union New Democracy |
Children | 2 |
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