1. Alexandros Zaimis was a Greek politician who served as Greece's Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and High Commissioner of Crete.
13 Facts About Alexandros Zaimis
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Alexandros Zaimis was born in Athens, a son of Thrasyvoulos Alexandros Zaimis, a former Prime Minister of Greece, and Eleni Mourouzi.
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Alexandros Zaimis's family lived in Kerpini, Kalavryta in the Achaia prefecture.
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Alexandros Zaimis studied law at the University of Athens and at the University of Heidelberg.
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Alexandros Zaimis attended the universities of Leipzig, Paris and Berlin.
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Alexandros Zaimis became involved in politics after the death of his father who was the elected member of parliament for Kalavryta.
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Alexandros Zaimis served as Minister of the Interior and Justice Minister in Theodoros Deligiannis' government and Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament.
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Alexandros Zaimis became prime minister for the first time in 1897.
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Alexandros Zaimis was re-elected as prime minister a further five times.
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Alexandros Zaimis was appointed prime minister under King Constantine I to succeed Venizelos in October 1915, but resigned a month later when his government failed to receive a vote of confidence.
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In 1917, Alexandros Zaimis served again as prime minister under King Constantine I, while Eleftherios Venizelos led a rival government controlling northern Greece.
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Alexandros Zaimis was elected the third and last President of the Second Hellenic Republic in 1929.
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Alexandros Zaimis died on 15 September 1936 in Vienna, Austria and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens.