  georgios rallis (; 26 december 1918 â 15 march 2006) was a greek conservative politician and prime minister of greece from 1980 to 1981. == ancestors in politics == rallis was descended from an old political family. before greek independence, alexander rallis was a prominent phanariote (greek from constantinople). in 1849 his son george rallis became chief justice of the greek supreme court. dimitrios rallis (1844â1921), paternal grandfather of george rallis, was five times prime minister of greece, for short periods in 1897, 1903, 1905, 1909 and 1921. his son, ioannis rallis or john rallis (1878â1946), was collaborationist prime minister from 1943 to 1944, during the german occupation. after the liberation of greece he was sentenced to life imprisonment for collaboration and died in jail in 1946. his maternal grandfather, georgios theotokis, was four times prime minister of greece, between 1901 and 1907. == early life == george rallis was born in the prestigious kolonaki district of athens, after schooling he studied law and political sciences at the university of athens. shortly after graduating he joined the fight against fascist italy after the invasion on 28 october 1940. he had the rank of the junior lieutenant. during the retreat (april 1941) he had to shoot his own horse, because it was injured and stuck in the mud. he remembered with sorrow this incident in a tv interview during the 1990s. == political life == rallis was first elected to the greek parliament as a member of the people's party in 1950, and was first appointed a minister in 1954 in the government of alexander papagos. he joined constantine karamanlis when he formed the national radical union and was a minister in the karamanlis administrations until 1963. after the military coup of 1967, rallis was arrested and sent into exile on the island of kasos, where he was tortured, when he said that democracy should be restored. in 197
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