Georgios Katechakis Georgios Katechakis ( , 1881 – 1939 ) was a Greek Army officer and politician . He distinguished himself with his participation in the Macedonian Struggle under the nom de guerre " Kapetan " Rouvas ( Καπετάν Ρούβας ) in 1904 – 1905 . An ardent Venizelist , he participated in the Movement of National Defence . After his retirement from the army with the rank of Major General , he entered politics , being elected into the Greek Parliament and the Greek Senate . He also served three times as Minister for Military Affairs and as Governor - General for Thrace ( 1922 – 1923 ) and for Crete ( 1928 – 1930 ) . Early life and military career . Georgios Katechakis was born in the village of Platanos , in then Ottoman - controlled Crete . His father was Antonios Katechakis , one of the main leaders of the Cretan Revolt of 1866 – 1869 . The elder Katechakis also participated in the uprisings of 1878 , 1889 and 1896 and was repeatedly elected to the Cretan Parliament until his death . Georgios Katechakis entered the Hellenic Army Academy and graduated in 1902 , being commissioned into the Hellenic Army on 6 July 1902 with the rank of a Lieutenant of Infantry . He was one of the first officers to volunteer for the Macedonian Struggle against the Bulgarian - sponsored Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization ( IMRO ) . Under the pseudonym of " " kapetan " Rouvas " , he led an armed band in the regions of Grevena , Kastoria and Monastir . He returned to Greece in 1908 , and was dispatched to Crete to assist in the establishment of a local national guard . By the time the Balkan Wars broke out in 1912 , he had risen to the rank of Captain . He participated in the wars as leader of various Cretan volunteer corps , fighting both in Macedonia and in Epirus . In 1914 , promoted to Major , he was assigned as chief of staff to the 11th Infantry Division in Thessaloniki . From there he participated in the Venizelist Movement of National Defence in September 1916 , that led to the establishment of a parallel , pro - Entente government in northern Greece under Eleftherios Venizelos . He initially served as director of personnel in the National Defence government ' s Ministry of Military Affairs , and in 1917 he was assigned as chief of staff to the newly raised National Defence Army Corps , which fought in the Macedonian Front . Following the end of the First World War , in 1919 he was sent to Constantinople as head of the Greek military delegation there , a post he held until he was dismissed from the army , with the rank of Major General , following the electoral victory of the anti - Venizelist royalist parties in November 1920 . Katechakis was recalled to active duty in September 1922 , following the Greek defeat in the Asia Minor Campaign and the Venizelist - led September 1922 Revolution . He was placed by the revolutionary government as Governor - General of Thrace ( where a recommencement of hostilities with the Turks was expected should peace negotiations in Lausanne fail ) , remaining at the post until after the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 when he retired from military service . Political career . In the December 1923 elections , Katechakis was elected to the National Assembly representing Heraklion Prefecture . He served as Minister for Military Affairs in the short - lived Themistoklis Sofoulis cabinet ( 25 July – 7 October 1924 ) . On 10 March 1928 , he was appointed to the post of Governor - General of Crete , which was raised to the rank of a cabinet minister , a post he retained until 22 December 1930 under the premierships of Alexandros Zaimis and Venizelos . In the meantime , in April 1929 Katechakis was elected to the Greek Senate . On 22 December 1930 , Katechakis was appointed by Venizelos as Minister for Military Affairs , a post he held until the resignation of the Venizelos cabinet on 26 May 1932 . Katechakis served for a third time as Minister for Military Affairs in the short - lived 1933 Venizelos cabinet . Georgios Katechakis died on 22 April 1939 .