20th-century Greek military officer and politician
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Lieutenant General
Konstantinos Dovas
A photo of Konstantinos Dovas.
Native name
Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας
Born
(1898-12-20)20 December 1898 Konitsa, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died
24 July 1973(1973-07-24) (aged 74) Athens, Greece
Buried
First Cemetery of Athens
Allegiance
Kingdom of Greece
Second Hellenic Republic
Service/branch
Hellenic Army
Years of service
1918–1961
Rank
Lieutenant General
Commands held
Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff
Battles/wars
World War I
Macedonian front
Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) World War II
Greco-Italian War
Battle of Greece
Greek Civil War
Battle of Konitsa
Alma mater
Hellenic Military Academy
Other work
Chief of the royal household of King Paul of Greece Prime Minister of Greece
Konstantinos Dovas (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας; 20 December 1898 – 24 July 1973) was a Greek general and interim Prime Minister.
Dovas was born in Konitsa, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day northwestern Greece). In 1918, Dovas graduated from the Hellenic Military Academy. During the Greek Civil War between the government and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, he led the resistance of the Konitsa garrison during the Battle of Konitsa. Subsequently, he rose from the rank of Lieutenant General (1954) to Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff.
During his term of office, on 25 March 1955 an agreement between the Army and the CIA on the establishment of a special force entitled "Sheepskin" was made, which subsequently became the Greek component of Gladio, a secret organisation of NATO, CIA and MI6.
After his retirement from the army, he was Chief of the Royal Household of King Paul of Greece.
From 20 September to 4 November 1961, Dovas was prime minister in a transitional government.
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