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'''Agamemnon "Menios" Koutsogiorgas''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] lawyer and politician of the second half of the [[20th Century]].

Koutsogiorgas was born in Rodini, [[Achaea prefecture]], in May of [[1922]]. He studied law at the [[University of Athens]] with graduate studies in Paris, France.

During the occupation of Greece by the Axis powers ([[1941]] - [[1944]]), Koutsogiorgas joined a resistance group and was arrested by the Italians. Afterwards, he practiced law in [[Athens]] and was among the defence lawyers of [[Andreas Papandreou]] during the ASPIDA trial.

In [[1970]], he was arrested by the military [[Junta]]. After the restoration of democracy, Koutsogiorgas was elected to the [[Hellenic Parliament]], under the banner of [[PASOK]], and served between [[1974]] and [[1989]]. He also served as Minister of the Interior, Minister of Public Order, Minister of Justice and Vice President of various [[Andreas Papandreou]] governments.

In [[1989]], Koutsogiorgas became involved, along with other [[PASOK]] politicians ([[Giorgos Petsos]], [[Dimitris Tsovolas]] and Papandreou himself), in the [[Giorgos Koskotas|Koskotas]] banking/embezzlement scandal. He was held, pending trial, in October [[1990]] despite objections from his defence team on health grounds. The Koskotas trial commenced on [[March 11]], [[1991]]. On [[April 11]], Koutsogiorgas suffered a stroke during trial deliberations and died on [[April 18]].

An uncompromising person, Koutsogiorgas became controversial in death as he had been in life: some viewed him as a martyr, others as having died in disgrace.

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