Dimitrios Maximos Explained

Dimitrios Maximos
Office:Prime Minister of Greece
Predecessor:Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Successor:Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Office2:Senator
Birth Date:6 July 1873
Birth Place:Patras, Kingdom of Greece
Death Place:Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Nationality:Greek
Occupation:Banker
Office1:Foreign Minister
Termstart1:10 March 1933
Termend1:3 March 1935
Termstart:24 January 1947
Termend:29 August 1947
Successor1:Panagis Tsaldaris
Predecessor1:Nikolaos Mavroudis
President1:Alexandros Zaimis
Termend2:1 April 1935
Termstart2:31 March 1933
President2:Alexandros Zaimis
Party:People's Party
Alma Mater:University of Athens
University of Paris
Profession:Banker
Politician
Relations:Andreas Londos
Stefanos Streit (uncle)
Georgios Streit (cousin)
Primeminister2:Panagis Tsaldaris
Primeminister1:Panagis Tsaldaris

Dimitrios E. Maximos (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δημήτριος Μάξιμος; 6 July 1873 – 17 October 1955)[1] was a Greek banker and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece after World War II.[2]

Life

Maximos was born on 6 July 1873 in Patras.[3] He began his career in banking in 1891 and was employed at the National Bank of Greece. In 1920 Maximos became governor of the bank before resigning in 1922. Between 1933 and 1935, he became Foreign Minister of the government of Panagis Tsaldaris. He was Prime Minister of Greece in 1947.

He died on 17 October 1955.

His home in central Athens, the Maximos Mansion, serves since 1982 as the official seat of the Prime Minister of Greece.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Obituaries on File: A-R.. Facts on File. 1979. 387.
  2. Book: Sfikas, Athanasios D. . British Labour Government and The Greek Civil War: 1945-1949 . 2019-08-07 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-1-4744-7249-4 . 280 . en . MAXIMOS, Dimitrios : Governor of the Bank of Greece ; Populist ; Prime Minister, January - August 1947.
  3. Book: British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Greece, Italy and Trieste, Portugal, Spain, and the Vatican, 1952 . 2006 . LexisNexis . 978-0-88692-724-0 . 84 . en . Maximos, Dimitrios Born 1873 at Patras and entered the National Bank of Greece in 1891..