Theodoros Pangalos

Theodoros Pangalos
Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος
Pangalos, c. early 1920s
President of Greece
In office 19 July 1926 – 22 August 1926
Prime Minister	Athanasios Eftaxias
Preceded by	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Succeeded by	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 26 June 1925 – 19 July 1926
President	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Preceded by	Andreas Michalakopoulos
Succeeded by	Athanasios Eftaxias
Personal details
Born	(1878-01-11)11 January 1878 Salamis, Kingdom of Greece
Died	26 February 1952(1952-02-26) (aged 74) Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	Independent (Venizelist)
Spouse	Arianna Slias-Sachtouris ​ ​ (m. 1901)​
Relations	Theodoros Pangalos (grandson) Timoleon Vassos (distant relative)
Children	4
Education	Ionideios Model High School of Piraeus
Alma mater	Hellenic Army Academy
Occupation	Politician soldier
Awards	Order of the Redeemer War Cross Legion of Honour Croix de Guerre
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Second Hellenic Republic
Branch/service	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1900–1926
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Army of the Evros
Battles/wars	Greco-Turkish War (1897) Balkan Wars First Balkan War Second Balkan War Battle of Demir Hisar World War I Macedonian front Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)

Lieutenant General Theodoros Pangalos (Greek: Θεόδωρος Πάγκαλος, romanized: Theódoros Pángalos; 11 January 1878 – 26 February 1952) was a Greek general, politician and dictator. A distinguished staff officer and an ardent Venizelist and anti-royalist, Pangalos played a leading role in the September 1922 revolt that deposed King Constantine I and in the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic. In June 1925 Pangalos staged a bloodless coup d'état, and his assumption of power was recognized by the National Assembly which named him prime minister. As a "constitutional dictator" he ruled the country until his overthrow in August 1926. From April 1926 until his deposition, he also occupied the office of President of the Republic.

Pangalos withdrew from public life for a while, but remained active in the Venizelist military circles. During the Axis occupation of Greece (1941–1945), Pangalos and military officers close to him played a role in the establishment of the Security Battalions. He was widely suspected of collaboration with the Germans.^[1] Cleared by a postwar court, he ran unsuccessfully for political office and died in 1952.