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Alexandros Papagos

1883 - 1955

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Alexandros Papagos (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Παπάγος; 9 December 1883 – 4 October 1955) was a Greek army officer who led the Hellenic Army in World War II and the later stages of the subsequent Greek Civil War. The only Greek career officer to rise to the rank of Field Marshal, Papagos became the first Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff from 1950 until his resignation the following year. He then entered politics, founding the nationalist Greek Rally party and becoming the country's Prime Minister after his victory in the 1952 elections. His premiership was shaped by the Cold War and the aftermath of the Greek Civil War, and was defined by several key events, including Greece becoming a member of NATO; U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandros Papagos has received more than 190,789 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Alexandros Papagos is the 4,225th most popular politician (down from 4,163rd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Greece (up from 270th in 2019) and the 112th most popular Greek Politician.

Alexandros Papagos was a Greek general who led Greece in World War II. He was most famous for leading Greece to victory in the Greco-Italian War and the Battle of the Metaxas Line.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexandros Papagos ranks 4,225 out of 15,577Before him are Fuad II of Egypt, Zhu Wen, Huo Qubing, Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Machaon, and Jeremi Wiśniowiecki. After him are Sancho II of Pamplona, 4th Dalai Lama, Guthrum, Neferure, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, and Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Alexandros Papagos ranks 54Before him are Joseph Pilates, Rudolf Weigl, Marie Laurencin, Adolph Joffe, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, and Ida Rubinstein. After him are José Clemente Orozco, Erich Heckel, Kenji Doihara, Ivan Meštrović, Nikolay Krestinsky, and Richard von Mises. Among people deceased in 1955, Alexandros Papagos ranks 39Before him are Michael Chekhov, Mihály Károlyi, Yves Tanguy, Garegin Nzhdeh, Rodolphe Seeldrayers, and Princess Clémentine of Belgium. After him are Léon Werth, Pierre Levegh, Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein, Theda Bara, Max Pechstein, and Nicolas de Staël.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Alexandros Papagos ranks 265 out of 936Before him are Anaxandridas II (-565), Ugo Foscolo (1778), Erasistratus (-303), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), Cyril Lucaris (1572), and Machaon (null). After him are Theaetetus (-417), Arsinoe I (-305), Callias II (-515), Conon (-401), Euphronios (-520), and Yanni (1954).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Alexandros Papagos ranks 112Before him are Perdiccas I of Macedon (-700), Agis I (-957), Theramenes (-450), Anaxandridas II (-565), Alexander V of Macedon (-390), and Machaon (null). After him are Callias II (-515), Euphronios (-520), Andreas Palaiologos (1453), Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark (1903), Andocides (-440), and Pausanias of Sparta (null).