Konstantinos Kotzias (at the centre) with orchestra conductors Dimitri Mitropoulos (left) and Filoktitis Oikonomidis (1936)
18th and 21st President of Panathinaikos AC and Panathinaikos FC
In office 1937 and 1945 – 1939 and 1951
Preceded by
Georgios Tsochas
Succeeded by
Ioannis Moatsos
Personal details
Born
Athens, Greece
Profession
Lawyer
Konstantinos Kotzias
Personal information
Born
17 May 1892
Died
8 December 1951(1951-12-08) (aged 59)
Sport
Sport
Fencing
Konstantinos "Kostas" Kotzias (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κώστας) Κοτζιάς; 17 May 1892 – 8 December 1951) was a Greek politician and fencer.[1] He competed at the 1912 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]
In 1934 he was elected Mayor of Athens.[2] In the dictatorial Metaxas Regime, he served as Minister for the Capital District.
Following the suicide of Prime Minister Alexandros Koryzis on 18 January 1941, amidst the German invasion of Greece, King George II of Greece considered him to head a new cabinet, but his candidacy was unsuccessful, as he was closely associated with the Metaxas Regime and few politicians were willing to work under him; the British ambassador to Greece, Michael Palairet, also opposed his nomination in talks with the King, due to Kotzias' Germanophile reputation.[3]
During the Axis Occupation of Greece, he lived in the United States. He was elected an MP for Athens in 1950 and was re-elected as the city's mayor in 1951, shortly before his death. Kotzia Square in Athens is named after him.
One of his sons was George Cotzias, a well known physician that pioneered the L-dopa treatment for Parkinson's disease.
^"Konstantinos Kotzias". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
^ ab"Konstantinos Kotzias Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
^Koliopoulos 1976–1977, pp. 68–69.
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