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Damaskinos
Archbishop of Athens
Archbishop Damaskinos, 1945
Regent of Greece
In office
31 December 1944 – 27 September 1946
Prime MinisterGeorgios Papandreou
Nikolaos Plastiras
Petros Voulgaris
Himself
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Themistoklis Sofoulis
Panagiotis Poulitsas
Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Preceded byGeorge II
(as King of the Hellenes)
Succeeded byGeorge II
(as King of the Hellenes)
Prime Minister of Greece
In office
17 October 1945 – 1 November 1945
MonarchGeorge II
RegentHimself
Preceded byPetros Voulgaris
Succeeded byPanagiotis Kanellopoulos
Archbishop of Athens
Installed2 July 1941
Term ended20 May 1949
PredecessorChrysanthus
SuccessorSpyridon
Personal details
Born
Dimitrios Papandreou (Δημήτριος Παπανδρέου)

(1891-03-03)3 March 1891
Dorvitsa, Kingdom of Greece
Died20 May 1949(1949-05-20) (aged 58)
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
DenominationGreek Orthodox

Archbishop Damaskinos Papandreou (Greek: Αρχιεπίσκοπος Δαμασκηνός Παπανδρέου), born Dimitrios Papandreou (Greek: Δημήτριος Παπανδρέου; 3 March 1891 – 20 May 1949) was the archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1941 until his death in 1949. He was also the regent of Greece between the pull-out of the German occupation force in 1944 and the return of King George II to Greece in 1946. His rule was between the liberation of Greece from the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II and the Greek Civil War.

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