page_title: Pavlos Kountouriotis
section_title: Politics
hierarchical_section_title: Pavlos Kountouriotis / Politics
caption_attribution_description: Ελληνικά: 1924: Ο Παύλος Κουντουριώτης ορκίζεται Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας παρουσία του Πρωθυπουργού Ελ. Βενιζέλου. Διακρίνονται ο Μαρής, ο Θεμ. Σοφούλης, ο Ι. Τσιριμώκος και ο Μιχ. Αργυρόπουλος. English: Circa 25 March 1924&#160;: Pavlos Kountoriotis is sworn in as the first President of the Second Hellenic Republic, in front of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos. Also pictured are George Maris, Themistoclis Sophoulis, Ioannis Tsirimokos and Michael Argyropoulos. Français&#160;: Vers le 25 mars 1924&#160;: Pavlos Koundouriotis prête serment lors de son intronisation comme premier Président de la Deuxième République hellénique, en présence du Premier ministre Eleftherios Venizelos. On distingue également Georges Maris, Themistoclis Sophoulis, Ioannis Tsirimokos et Michaïl Argyropoulos.
context_page_description: Pavlos Kountouriotis was a Greek rear admiral during the Balkan Wars, regent, and the first President of the Second Hellenic Republic. In total he served four times as head of the Greek State, most times in the history of the seat.
context_section_description: In 1916, he became a minister in the Stephanos Skouloudis government, but, in disagreement with the pro-German feelings of King Konstantínos I of the Hellenes, he followed Eleftherios Venizelos to Thessaloniki where he was assigned the ministry of Naval Affairs in Venizelos' National Defence government. Konstantínos was deposed, and replaced on the throne by his second-eldest son, The Prince Aléxandros. Kountouriotis subsequently retired from the navy with the honorary rank of full Admiral. On the death of the young King Aléxandros of the Hellenes in 1920, he was elected Regent of Greece by the Greek Parliament on 28 October by a vote of 137 to 3. After the sitting government of Venizelos was defeated in the elections that took place in November 1920, Kountouriotis resigned as Regent on 17 November, to be replaced by Queen Olga, King Aléxandros's grandmother. The following month, King Konstantínos was restored.
caption: Kountouriotis in 1924 is sworn in as the first President of the Second Hellenic Republic
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