Konstantinos Logothetopoulos

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Λογοθετόπουλος; 1878 – 6 July[citation needed] 1961) was a distinguished Greek medical doctor who became Prime Minister of Greece, directing the Greek collaborationist government during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.

Konstantinos Logothetopoulos
Κωνσταντίνος Λογοθετόπουλος
Prime Minister of the Hellenic State
In office
2 December 1942 – 7 April 1943
Preceded byGeorgios Tsolakoglou
Succeeded byIoannis Rallis
Personal details
Born1878
Nafplion, Kingdom of Greece
Died6 July 1961(1961-07-06) (aged 82)
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPhysician

Early life

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Logothetopoulos was born in Nafplion in 1878.

Education and career

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Logothetopoulos studied medicine in Munich and remained in the German Empire, practicing and teaching medicine until 1910, at which time he relocated to Athens. In Greece, he founded a private clinic and served in both the First Balkan War (1912–1913) and the Second Balkan War (1913) as a doctor. He was discharged in 1916, resuming private medical practice until 1922 when he was again conscripted during the Greco-Turkish War to serve in the Army Hospital of Athens.

After the end of the war in 1922, Logothetopoulos became professor of gynaecology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Eventually he became Dean of the University. During his tenure at the university, he taught and assisted many young doctors in their studies including future politician Grigoris Lambrakis.

When Greece capitulated to Nazi Germany after the "Battle of Greece" during World War II, Logothetopoulos, who spoke the German language fluently, had been the chairman of the Greek-German Council[1] and was married to the niece of Field Marshal Wilhelm List,[2] was appointed Vice President and Minister of Education in the first collaborationist government of Gen. Georgios Tsolakoglou. After Tsolakoglou was removed from office, he served as Prime Minister between 2 December 1942 and 7 April 1943, when he was replaced by Ioannis Rallis. His short tenure was marked by the start of the deportation of Greek Jewry, in which he played an ambiguous role.[3]

When the Wehrmacht left Greece in 1944, Logothetopoulos went with them to Nazi Germany. He lived with his wife and daughter in the small Bavarian town of Vilshofen an der Donau, where he exercised as a doctor.[4] Eventually he was captured by the United States Army which surrendered him to Greek authorities in 1946. He was tried and convicted of collaborating with the enemy and initially sentenced to life imprisonment, but was released in 1951.

Death

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Logothetopoulos died in Athens on 6 July 1961.

References

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  1. ^ Markos Vallianatos, The untold history of Greek collaboration with Nazi Germany (1941–1944). Pelekys Books. 2014. p. 84.
  2. ^ Mazower, Mark (1994) [1993]: Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941–44 (2nd Edition). Alexandria Editions, Athens. ISBN 978-960-221-096-3, p. 45
  3. ^ Markos Vallianatos, The untold history of Greek collaboration with Nazi Germany (1941–1944). Pelekys Books. 2014. p. 87.
  4. ^ Markos Vallianatos, The untold history of Greek collaboration with Nazi Germany (1941–1944). Pelekys Books. 2014. p. 210.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Greece
(Collaborationist government)

2 December 1942 – 7 April 1943
Succeeded by