Petros Voulgaris [SEP] position held
Petros Voulgaris
Petros Voulgaris (, 13 September 1883 – 26 November 1957) was a Greek Admiral who served briefly as Prime Minister of Greece in 1945. He was famous for his role in suppressing the 1944 Greek naval mutiny and restoring the fleet to combat readiness, for which he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the Cross of Valour.
Life.
Life Early career.
He was born in the island of Hydra on 13 September 1883, to Georgios Voulgaris and Archonto Vatsaxi. After the death of his father
re-assumed command of II Corps. he was involved in the unsuccessful Venizelist coup attempt in March 1935 and was dismissed from the Army on 30 April, following the coup's suppression.
Political career.
Following the liberation of Greece from the Axis occupation, on 21 March 1945 Manetas was appointed as Minister Governor-General for Northern Greece in the Nikolaos Plastiras cabinet, a post he held until 16 April, a few days into the Petros Voulgaris cabinet. He then held the post of Minister of Military Affairs in