13 Facts About Georgios Kondylis

Georgios Kondylis was a Greek general, politician and prime minister of Greece.

Georgios Kondylis was nicknamed Keravnos, Greek for "thunder" or "thunderbolt".

Georgios Kondylis enlisted in the army as a volunteer in 1896, and fought with the Greek expeditionary corps in Crete.

Georgios Kondylis was later commissioned and participated in the Macedonian Struggle leading his own guerrilla band, and was promoted to captain during the Balkan Wars.

Georgios Kondylis supported the Movement of National Defence of Eleftherios Venizelos during the First World War.

Georgios Kondylis returned after the 1922 Revolution as a major general, suppressed the royalist revolt of 1923, retired from the army, and became involved in politics.

Georgios Kondylis was elected to Parliament at the 1923 elections for the constituency of Rodope, initially for the Democratic Union, and later founded the National Republican Party, renamed in 1928 National Radical Party.

Georgios Kondylis was war minister from March to June 1924.

Georgios Kondylis sacked numerous pro-republican soldiers and civil servants, and condemned Venizelos to death in absentia.

Georgios Kondylis forced President Alexandros Zaimis to name him the new premier.

Georgios Kondylis hoped to echo Benito Mussolini's example in Italy, in which Victor Emmanuel III had been reduced to a puppet.

Georgios Kondylis soon quarreled with the king, who was not content to be a mere puppet, and resigned five days later.

Georgios Kondylis was awarded Serbian Order of the White Eagle.