1. Ioannis Alevras, sometimes spelled Yannis Alevras, was a Greek Panhellenic Socialist Movement politician and Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, who served as acting President of Greece in March 1985.
17 Facts About Ioannis Alevras
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Ioannis Alevras was a prominent syndicalist and a key figure in the foundation of OTOE in 1955.
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Ioannis Alevras was first elected to Parliament as a candidate of the Center Union in the 1963 Greek legislative election.
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Ioannis Alevras's party won the elections in a narrow victory and party leader George Papandreou became Prime Minister of Greece on 8 November 1963.
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Ioannis Alevras successfully sought re-election while his party won the elections with a landslide majority.
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Ioannis Alevras defended fellow Center Union MP Andreas Papandreou, son of George, during his trial for the Aspida scandal.
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Ioannis Alevras joined the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, a new Party under Andreas Papandreou, and achieved re-election in 1974 Greek legislative election.
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Ioannis Alevras was one of only 12 MPs elected from his Party.
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Ioannis Alevras was re-elected in the 1977 Greek legislative election.
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Andreas Papandreou became Prime Minister while Ioannis Alevras was elected Speaker of the Greek Parliament.
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In 1985, after President Constantine Karamanlis resigned due to the surprised tactics of Papandroeu, Ioannis Alevras served as acting President, per the relevant provisions of the Constitution of Greece.
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Papandreou remained Prime Minister and Ioannis Alevras was elected Speaker for a second time.
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Ioannis Alevras was accused of helping the embezzlement by ordering state corporations to transfer their holdings to the Bank of Crete where the interest was allegedly skimmed off to benefit PASOK.
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Ioannis Alevras was a presidential candidate against Karamanlis in the spring of 1990.
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Ioannis Alevras was elected MP for the tenth and last time.
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Ioannis Alevras died due to bronchopneumonia at 4 am, on April 6,1995, following a three-day stay in Hygea Hospital's ICU.
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Ioannis Alevras had a state funeral, with honors equivalent to an incumbent prime minister.