11 Facts About Tzannis Tzannetakis

Tzannis Tzannetakis was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989.

Tzannis Tzannetakis served as a submarine commander in the Hellenic Navy.

Tzannis Tzannetakis served as a military officer but resigned on 22 April 1967, the day after the military coup d'etat which brought the dictatorship of Georgios Papadopoulos to power.

Tzannis Tzannetakis was imprisoned by the military junta from 1969 to 1971 for his resistance activity.

When democracy was restored in 1974, Tzannis Tzannetakis joined the New Democracy party of Constantine Karamanlis.

Tzannis Tzannetakis was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1977 and served as Minister for Public Works in the government of Georgios Rallis.

Tzannis Tzannetakis was a compromise candidate for Prime Minister, given that the left refused to accept Mitsotakis in this role.

In contrast, Tzannis Tzannetakis was acceptable to the left because of his credentials from the anti-Junta resistance.

The Tzannis Tzannetakis government abolished the state monopoly on TV broadcasting and allowed private TV stations to function for the first time.

Tzannis Tzannetakis remained a Member of the Greek Parliament until September 2007, when he announced his intention to retire from political activity.

Tzannis Tzannetakis died in an Athens hospital on 1 April 2010 at the age of 82.