Ioannis Metaxas

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Ioannis Metaxas was a Greek general and politician who ruled as an authoritarian prime minister in the late 1930s, establishing a fascist-inspired dictatorship known as the 4th of August Regime.

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Ioannis Metaxas canonical 8

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instanceOf Greek general
Greek politician
human
prime minister of Greece
appointedBy King George II of Greece
burialPlace First Cemetery of Athens
causeOfDeath phlegmonous tonsillitis
sepsis
countryOfCitizenship Greece
dateOfBirth 1871-04-12
dateOfDeath 1941-01-29
educatedAt Hellenic Military Academy
Prussian Staff College
familyName Metaxas
founded 4th of August Regime
linked to: Metaxas Regime
givenName Ioannis
headOfGovernment Kingdom of Greece
ideology Greek nationalism
anti-communism
authoritarianism
monarchism
implementedPolicy banning of political parties
corporatist economic measures
suppression of the Communist Party of Greece
youth organization Ethniki Organosis Neolaias (EON)
knownFor authoritarian rule in the late 1930s
censorship and political repression
leadership of Greece at the start of the Greco-Italian War
militaryBranch Hellenic Army
linked to: Greek Army
militaryRank lieutenant general
nativeLanguage Greek
notableWork 4th of August Regime
linked to: Metaxas Regime
participantIn Balkan Wars
Greco-Turkish War (1897)
World War I
placeOfBirth Ithaca
Kingdom of Greece
placeOfDeath Athens
Kingdom of Greece
positionHeld Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece
Minister of War of Greece
prime minister of Greece
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
sexOrGender male
significantEvent establishment of the 4th of August Regime
rejection of the Italian ultimatum on 28 October 1940
startTime 1936-08-04
workLocation Athens

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