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'''Pausanias Katsotas''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Παυσανίας Κατσώτας, [[1896]]–[[1991]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[Hellenic Army|Army officer]] and politician.

==Biography==
Katsotas was born in the village of [[Stamna]] in [[Aetolia-Acarnania]] in [[1896]]. He graduated from the [[Hellenic Army Academy]] in [[1916]] as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant, and served in the Army until his voluntary retirement in [[1929]]. Following the entry of [[Greece]] into [[World War II]] in [[1940]], he was recalled to service, and fought in the Albanian front as a regimental CO with the rank of Lt. Colonel. Following the German invasion of [[Greece]], in April [[1941]], he fled the country and joined the forces of the Greek government in exile in the Middle East. He assumed command of the 1st Greek Infantry Brigade and fought in the [[Second Battle of El Alamein]].

After the liberation of [[Greece]] in [[1944]], he became [[Minister of Public Order (Greece)|Minister of Public Order]] in the short-lived cabinet of [[Panagiotis Kanellopoulos]] (November [[1945]]), and head of the Athens Military Command. He retired again in [[1946]] and ran successfully for a seat in the [[Hellenic Parliament]] in the [[Greek legislative election, 1946|March 1946 elections]], representing his native [[Aetolia-Acarnania]]. In [[1949]], during the last stages of the [[Greek Civil War]], he was again recalled to service and appointed as head of the [[Central Greece]] Military Command. He retired in [[1950]] with the rank of Major General.

Katsotas was again elected to Parliament in the [[Greek legislative election, 1950|March 1950 elections]]. He became [[Minister of the Interior (Greece)|Minister of the Interior]] in the cabinet of [[Sofoklis Venizelos]] (March–April 1950), and [[Ministry of Northern Greece|Minister-Governor of Northern Greece]] in the [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] cabinet (May–August 1950).

In [[1954]], he was elected Mayor of [[Athens]], a post he occupied with minor interruptions until [[1959]].

In [[1960]], Katsotas founded his own political party, the "Labour-Technical Party" (Εργατοτεχνικό Κόμμα), which in [[1961]] joined [[Georgios Papandreou]]'s [[Centre Union]]. In February–June [[1964]], Katsotas served as Minister of Social Welfare in Papandreou's cabinet.

He last took part in the [[Greek legislative election, 1977|1977 elections]] as part of the [[National Alignment]] ticket. Katsotas died in [[1991]].

==Awards==
Katsotas was decorated with the Grand Commander of the Order of George I and of the Order of the Phoenix with Swords. He also received the Gold Cross of Valour twice and the War Cross four times.

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