Alexandros Koryzis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κορυζής; 1885 – 18 April 1941) was a Greek politician who served briefly as the prime minister of Greece in 1941.
Of Arvanite[1] heritage, Koryzis was born on the small island of Poros in Greece, where a museum dedicated to his life and contribution exists today.
Prime Minister Metaxas had declined British offers of direct military assistance on the grounds that this could be used as a justification for German intervention in support of their Italian allies. Koryzis however agreed to the dispatch of "W Force" - a British and Dominion force of two infantry divisions and an armoured brigade.
Although largely powerless, as the government was effectively controlled by King George II, Koryzis still bore the burden of the German invasion which commenced on 6 April of the same year. Less than two weeks later, on 18 April, as German troops marched towards Athens and the city was placed under martial law, he committed suicide by shooting himself.[2] The cause of his death was initially reported to be a heart attack, probably to avoid causing mass panic in Athens.
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^ΓΙΑΝΝΟΥΔΗΣ, ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣ (2021). Η ΠΕΡΙΟΔΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΩΘΥΠΟΥΡΓΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΚΟΡΥΖΗ (Thesis). p. 15. Το όνομα του Αλέξανδρου Κορυζή43 σαφώς και δεν είναι άγνωστο όταν καλείται να αναλάβει τις τύχες της χώρας, δίχως, ωστόσο, να έχει πρωταγωνιστήσει ή φθαρεί στον κομματικό στίβο της μεσοπολεμικής εποχής. Αρβανίτικης καταγωγής ο ίδιος44 και γεννημένος το 1885 στον Πόρο45 από ιστορική οικογένεια εθνικών αγωνιστών46 και από πατέρα που είχε διατελέσει Δήμαρχος του νησιού47, πολέμησε στους Βαλκανικούς Πολέμους ως έφεδρος ανθυπολοχαγός (προήχθη και σε υπολοχαγό κατά τη διάρκειά τους) και μάλιστα παρασημοφορήθηκε με Αργυρό Σταυρό από τον βασιλιά Κωνσταντίνο Α΄48. Παράλληλα, σπουδάζει Νομική κι από το
^"Thermopylae Stand Expected by Nazis". The Milwaukee Star-Journal. Milwaukee. 20 April 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 17 June 2009.[permanent dead link]
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