Evripidis Bakirtzis

Greek politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroGreek politician
PlacesGreece
wasPolitician Military personnel
Work fieldMilitary Politics
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1895, Kozani, West Macedonia Region, Greece
Death9 March 1947Fournoi Korseon (aged 52 years)
The details

Biography

Evripidis Bakirtzis (Greek: Ευριπίδης Μπακιρτζής; 16 January 1895 – 9 March 1947), born in Kozani (or according to other sources in Serres), Ottoman Empire, was a Hellenic Army officer and politician. Dismissed from the army twice due to his participation in pro-republican coup attempts, during the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II he co-founded the EKKA resistance group and later joined the Greek People's Liberation Army. He served as head of the Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of Greek Resistance-held territories, from 10 March to 18 April 1944. He died in Fournoi Korseon.



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