Konstantinos Logothetopoulos

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Konstantinos Logothetopoulos (1878–1961) was a distinguished Greek medical doctor who became Prime Minister of Greece, leading a quisling government during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II.

Logothetopoulos was born in Nafplion in 1878. He studied medicine in Munich and remained in the German Empire, practicing and teaching medicine until 1910, at which time he moved to Athens. In Greece, he founded a private clinic and served in both the First Balkan War (1912 - 1913) and the Second Balkan War (1913) as a doctor. He was discharged in 1916 resuming private medical practice until 1922 when he was again conscripted during the Greco-Turkish War to serve in the Army Hospital of Athens.

After the end of the war in 1922, Logothetopoulos became professor of gynaecology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Eventually he became Dean of the University. During his tenure at the university, he taught and supported many young doctors in their studies including future politician Grigoris Lambrakis.

When Greece capitulated to Nazi Germany following the Battle of Greece in World War II, Logothetopoulos, who spoke the German language fluently and was married to a German woman, was appointed Vice President and Minister of Education in the first quisling government of Gen. Georgios Tsolakoglou. He served as Prime Minister between December 2, 1942 and April 7, 1943 when he was replaced by Ioannis Rallis.

When the Wehrmacht left Greece in 1944, Logothetopoulos followed them to Nazi Germany. Eventually he was captured by the United States Army which surrendered him to Greek authorities in 1946. He was tried and convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to life imprisonment but was released in 1951.

Logothetopoulos died on July 8, 1961, shunned by his fellow Greeks.

Preceded by Georgios Tsolakoglou	Collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece December 2, 1942 - April 7, 1943	Succeeded by Ioannis Rallis

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Heads of Government of Greece

Revolutionary Greece (1821-1832)	Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Athanasios Kanakaris \| Petros Mavromichalis \| Georgios Kountouriotis \| Andreas Zaimis \| Ioannis Capodistrias \| Augustinos Kapodistrias
Kingdom of Greece (1832-1924)	Spyridon Trikoupis \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Ioannis Kolettis \| Josef Ludwig von Armansperg \| Ignaz von Rundhart \| Otto of Greece \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Otto of Greece \| Andreas Metaxas \| Constantine Kanaris \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Ioannis Kolettis \| Kitsos Tzavelas \| Georgios Kountouriotis \| Constantine Kanaris \| Antonios Kriezis \| Constantine Kanaris \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Athanasios Miaoulis \| Gennaios Kolokotronis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Aristidis Moraitinis \| Zinovios Valvis \| Diomidis Kiriakos \| Benizelos Rouphos \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Constantine Kanaris \| Zinovios Valvis \| Constantine Kanaris \| Benizelos Rouphos \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \|Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Benizelos Rouphos \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Aristidis Moraitinis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Thrasivoulos Zaimis \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Thrasivoulos Zaimis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Constantine Kanaris \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Dimitrios Valvis \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Konstantinos Konstantopoulos \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Sotirios Sotiropoulos \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Nikolaos Deligiannis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis \| Stephanos Dragoumis \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Dimitrios Gounaris \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Stephanos Skouloudis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos \| †Eleftherios Venizelos \| Spyridon Lambros \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos \| Dimitrios Gounaris \| Nikolaos Stratos \| Petros Protopapadakis \| Nikolaos Triantaphillakos \| Anastasios Charalambis \| Sotirios Krokidas \| Stylianos Gonatas \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Georgios Kaphantaris
Second Hellenic Republic (1924-1935)	Alexandros Papanastasiou \| Themistoklis Sophoulis \| Andreas Michalakopoulos \| §Theodoros Pangalos \| §Athanasios Eftaxias \| Georgios Kondylis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Alexandros Papanastasiou \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Panagis Tsaldaris \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Alexandros Othonaios \| Panagis Tsaldaris \| Georgios Kondylis
Kingdom of Greece (1935-1967/74)	Konstantinos Demertzis \| Ioannis Metaxas \| Alexandros Koryzis \| †Emmanouil Tsouderos \| ^Georgios Tsolakoglu \| ^Konstantinos Logothetopoulos \| ^Ioannis Rallis \| †Evripidis Mpakirtzis \| †Sophoklis Venizelos \| †Alexandros Svolos \| †George Papandreou \| Nikolaos Plastiras \| Petros Voulgaris \| Archbishop Damaskinos \| Panagiotis Kanellopoulos \| Themistoklis Sophoulis \| Panagiotis Poulitsas \| Konstantinos Tsaldaris \| Dimitrios Maximos \| Konstantinos Tsaldaris \| Themistoklis Sophoulis \| †Markos Vafiadis \| †Nikolaos Zachariadis \| †Dimitrios Partsalidis \| Alexandros Diomidis \| Ioannis Theotokis \| Sophoklis Venizelos \| Nikolaos Plastiras \| Sophoklis Venizelos \| Nikolaos Plastiras \| Dimitrios Kiousopoulos \| Alexander Papagos \| Constantine Karamanlis \| Konstantinos Georgakopoulos \| Constantine Karamanlis \| Konstantinos Dovas \| Constantine Karamanlis \| Panagiotis Pipinelis \| Stylianos Mavromichalis \| George Papandreou \| Ioannis Paraskevopoulos \| George Papandreou \| Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas \| Ilias Tsirimokos \| Stephanos Stephanopoulos \| Ioannis Paraskevopoulos \| Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Military Junta (1967-1974)	§Konstantinos Kollias \| §Georgios Papadopoulos \| §Spiros Markezinis \| §Adamantios Androutsopoulos
Third Hellenic Republic (1974-)	Constantine Karamanlis \| George Rallis \| Andreas Papandreou \| Tzannis Tzannetakis \| Yiannis Grivas \| Xenophon Zolotas \| Constantine Mitsotakis \| Andreas Papandreou \| Costas Simitis \| Kostas Karamanlis
	§ denotes head of a military government † denotes head of a rival government not controlling Athens ^ denotes head of government during the Axis Occupation