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Tzannis Tzannetakis (born September 13, 1927), Greek politician, was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989- 1990.Tzannetakis was born in Gytheio in the region of Laconia in 1927. He served as a naval officer but resigned on April 22 1967, the day after the military coup which brough the dictatorship of George Papadopoulos to power. He was in prison from 1969 to 1971.
When democracy was restored in 1974 Tzannetakis joined the New Democracy party of Constantine Caramanlis, and was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1977. Between 1977 and the defeat of the ND government in 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D he was at various times Minister for Public Works, Tourism and Defence.
The July 1989 elections left the ruling PASOK party of Andreas PapandreouAndreas Georgios Papandreou . 5 February, 1919 23 June, 1996) was a Greek economist and politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of Greece ( October 21, 1981 to July 2, 1989 and October 13, 1993 to January 22, 1996). Early life and career Papandreou without a majority, but the ND, now led by Constantine MitsotakisConstantine Mitsotakis (in Greek Konstantinos Mitsotakis (born October 18, 1918), Greek politician, was born in Chania, Crete. Like most Greek politicians, he came from a political family: his father and grandfathers were members of parliament, and the gr, did not have a majority either. Tzannetakis then formed a government in an unlikely alliance with the left-wing Coalition of the Left and Progress ( Synaspismos), which then included the Communist Party of GreeceThe Communist Party of Greece better known by its acronym KKE ( Greek: , Kommunistiko Komma Elladas , is the major communist party in Greece. It was founded in 1918 as the Socialist Labour Party of Greece or SEKE (Greek: , Sosialistiko Ergatiko Komma Ella.
Tzannetakis resigned with the Synaspismos withdrew its support in 1990. Yiannis Grivas then formed a caretaker government until fresh elections could be held. Mitsotakis won these elections and Tzannetakis became Deputy Prime Minister in Mitsotakis's government, a post he held until 1993. He is still a member of the Parliament and is also active in the ND organisation.
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