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'''Alexandros Othonaios''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] '''Αλέξανδρος Οθωναίος'''}}, [[Gytheio]] [[1879]] - [[Athens]] [[1970]]) was a distinguished Greek general, who became briefly Prime Minister of an emergency government during an abortive coup in [[1933]].

== Early life and career ==
Othonaios was born at [[Gytheion]] in 1879, and enrolled in the [[Hellenic Military Academy]]. He participated in the [[Macedonian Struggle]] with the ''nom de guerre'' of ''Kapetan Palamidis'', and was a member of the [[Military League]]. He fought in the [[Balkan Wars]], and sided with [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] during the [[National Schism]], commanding the 7th Cretan Regiment in the Macedonian Front of [[World War I]]. He also took part in the [[Crimea expedition]] in [[1919]] with the rank of Colonel. Subsequently, he was appointed CO of the ''Kydoniai'' Division and participated in the occupation of the [[Smyrna]] district, in the early stages of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Asia Minor Campaign]]. After the [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral defeat]] of Venizelos in [[1920]], he was dismissed from the army and fled to [[Constantinople]], where he joined several other Venizelist officers.

== Later career ==
He was recalled after the catastrophic defeat and evacuation of the Greek forces in [[Asia Minor]], which led to a military revolt led by Colonels [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and [[Stylianos Gonatas]] in September 1922. Othonaios was appointed chief judge of the military tribunal that tried and convicted several prominent leaders of the anti-Venizelist camp to death (the infamous "[[Trial of the Six]]"). He was promoted to Lieutenant General in [[1923]], commanding II and III Army Corps, but resigned after the coup of General [[Theodoros Pangalos]] in [[1925]].

He returned to the Army in [[1928]] as head of the Second Army Inspectorate. In 6-10 March 1933, he led the military government that was formed to confront an attempted coup by Plastiras. An outspoken Venizelist and Republican, he was again removed from the Army, along with many Republicans, in the aftermath of another failed [[Greek coup attempt of 1935|Venizelist coup]] two years later. Subsequently, the monarchy was restored, and eventually a conservative dictatorship was established in Greece by General [[Ioannis Metaxas]]. During this period, [[World War II]] and the Axis Occupation that followed, Othonaios remained in [[Greece]], but engaged in no political activity. After Liberation in October [[1944]], he was placed as nominal commander-in-chief because of his democratic credentials, but the virulent political atmosphere, which soon led to the [[Greek Civil War]], forced him to permanently resign in 1945.

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 == Early life and career ==
-Othonaios was born at [[Gytheion]] in 1879, and enrolled in the [[Hellenic Military Academy]]. He participated in the [[Macedonian Struggle]] with the ''nom de guerre'' of ''Kapetan Palamidis'', and was a member of the [[Military League]]. He fought in the [[Balkan Wars]], and sided with [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] during the [[National Schism]], commanding the 7th Cretan Regiment in the Macedonian Front of [[World War I]]. He also took part in the [[Crimea expedition]] in [[1919]] with the rank of Colonel. Subsequently, he was appointed CO of the ''Kydoniai'' Division and participated in the occupation of the [[Smyrna]] district, in the early stages of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Asia Minor Campaign]]. After the [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral defeat]] of Venizelos in [[1920]], he was dismissed from the army and fled to [[Constantinople]], where he joined several other Venizelist officers.
+Othonaios was born at [[Gytheion]] in 1879, and enrolled in the [[Hellenic Military Academy]]. He participated in the [[Macedonian Struggle]] with the ''nom de guerre'' of ''Kapetan Palamidis'', and was a member of the [[Military League]]. He fought in the [[Balkan Wars]], and sided with [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] during the [[National Schism]], commanding the 7th Cretan Regiment in the Macedonian Front of [[World War I]]. He also took part in the [[Ukraine expedition]] in [[1919]] with the rank of Colonel. Subsequently, he was appointed CO of the ''Kydoniai'' Division and participated in the occupation of the [[Smyrna]] district, in the early stages of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)|Asia Minor Campaign]]. After the [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral defeat]] of Venizelos in [[1920]], he was dismissed from the army and fled to [[Constantinople]], where he joined several other Venizelist officers.
 == Later career ==