Alexandros Zaimis

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Alexandros Zaimis
President of the Second Hellenic Republic
In office 1929 – 1935
Preceded by	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Succeeded by	Monarchy restored
Prime Minister of Greece
In office December 4, 1926 – July 4, 1928
Preceded by	Georgios Kondylis
Succeeded by	Eleftherios Venizelos
Prime Minister of Greece
In office February 5, 1917 – June 27, 1917
Preceded by	Spyridon Lambros
Succeeded by	Eleftherios Venizelos
Born	9 November 1855(1855-11-09)
Died	15 September 1936 (aged 80) Vienna, Austria

Alexandros Thrasyvoulou Zaimis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Θρασυβούλου Ζαΐμης) (9 November 1855 – 15 September 1936) was a Greek politician. The son of Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, a former Prime Minister of Greece, he entered politics at a young age, becoming a Member of Parliament in 1885, and a Prime Minister for the first time in 1897. In 1906, he was appointed as Armostis (High Commissioner) of Crete. In 1917, he again served as Prime Minister of Greece under King Constantine I, while Eleftherios Venizelos led a rival government controlling northern Greece. Under Entente pressure, he resigned in favor of Venizelos in June of the same year. A moderate conservative, he served again as Prime Minister from 1926 to 1928 in a coalition government of Venizelist and moderate conservatives. He also served as the country's President from 1929 until the return to monarchy in 1935. He died in 1936 in Vienna, Austria

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v • d • e Heads of State of Greece First Hellenic Republic (1827–1832): Ioannis Kapodistrias  · Augustinos Kapodistrias  · Governing Council First Period of Monarchy (1832–1924): Otto  · George I  · Constantine I  · Alexander  · Pavlos Kountouriotis§  · Queen Olga§  · Constantine I  · George II Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935): Pavlos Kountouriotis  · Theodoros Pangalos†  · Pavlos Kountouriotis  · Alexandros Zaimis Second Period of Monarchy (1935–1974): Georgios Kondylis§  · George II  · Paul  · Constantine II* Military Junta (1967–1974): Georgios Zoitakis†  · Georgios Papadopoulos†  · Phaedon Gizikis† Third Hellenic Republic (1974–present): Michail Stasinopoulos§  · Konstantinos Tsatsos  · Constantine Karamanlis  · Ioannis Alevras§  · Christos Sartzetakis  · Constantine Karamanlis  · Konstantinos Stephanopoulos  · Karolos Papoulias § denotes Regency or interim Presidency † denotes head of state appointed by military regime * fled Greece in 1967; de jure Zoitakis and Papadopoulos were regents acting on his behalf until the monarchy was abolished in 1973 during the latter's regency The junta-proclaimed Republic (1973-1974) is not officially recognised, and the monarchy is considered to have continued de jure until 1974

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