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'''Petros Voulgaris''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] Πέτρος Βούλγαρης), [[13 September]] [[1884]] – [[26 November]] [[1957]]) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] admiral who served briefly as [[Prime Minister of Greece]] in [[1945]].

== Life ==
=== Early career ===
Voulgaris was born in the island of [[Hydra]] to George Voulgaris and Archonto Vatsaxi. After the death of his father in [[1885]], his family settled in [[Athens]], with his mother's relatives. After finishing school, he entered the [[Hellenic Naval Academy]], in 1899, and was commissioned as Ensign in 1903. In 1908–1910 he was detached for training abroad, and he briefly served aboard a French Navy vessel in 1912. He took part in the [[Balkan Wars]] aboard the destroyer ''Panthir'', seeing action in the [[Naval Battle of Elli]]. In 1915–1916 he served as adjutant to the Navy Minister, Admiral [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]]. When the [[Movement of National Defence]] broke out in [[Thessalonica]] in [[1916]], the pro-[[Venizelism|Venizelist]] Voulgaris, like his mentor and fellow Hydriot Kountouriotis, left Athens and joined the revolutionary government. From 1916 to 1919 he commanded the destroyer ''Velos'', participating in the Allied naval operations in the Aegean during [[World War I]], the 1919 [[Expedition to the Ukraine]], and the opening phase of the [[Asia Minor Expedition]]. He subsequently served as head of the private office of the Navy Minister [[Athanasios N. Miaoulis]]. Following the anti-Venizelist [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral victory]] in November [[1920]], he was suspended in March 1921.

Following the collapse of the Asia Minor front and the revolt by the Army, he was recalled to active service, and appointed captain of the destroyer ''Leon''. In 1923 he became commander of the [[Faliro]] Naval Aviation Base, and he subsequently was appointed as captain of the ''Panthir''. Following the so-called "Navy Strike" of June [[1924]], he resigned from the Navy but was recommissioned two months later. He resigned again a year later, following the coup d'état of General [[Theodoros Pangalos]]. Following Pangalos' overthrow in August 1926, he re-joined the service, with the rank of Captain and became Superior Commander of the Naval Aviation, a position he held until 1930. WHen the Air Ministry was established in the same year, he became Director of the Air Force. In [[1931]], he was appointed commander of the [[Salamis Naval Base]], and in 1931–1934 he served as Supreme Commander of the Submarines. In 1934, he was placed as military attaché to [[Ankara]] and Belgrade, based in [[Istanbul]]. He was there when the failed Venizelist coup attempt of March [[1935]] occurred. Being a committed Venizelist, he was suspended and then dismissed by the subsequent purges of the Armed Forces. In November 1935 however, with the return of the monarchy and a partial pardon, he was listed as placed in reserve, with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Reserve.

=== World War II and aftermath ===
For the next few years, he worked in the private sector, eventually joining the Bodosakis-Athanasiadis group. He moved to Egypt before the [[World War II|German invasion of Greece]] in April [[1941]]. In May [[1943]], the Greek government in exile recalled him to service - alongside many other officers who had been expelled in 1935 - and gave him the post of Aviation Minister. When the Navy mutiny broke out in April [[1944]], Voulgaris replaced Rear Admiral [[Konstantinos Alexandris]] as Chief of the Fleet. From this position he supervised the forced capture of the ships by officer detachments. In October 1944, he led the fleet back to Greece, and assumed the duties of Chief of the Navy General Staff.

The political situation in Greece was extremely unstable: December 1944 saw [[Dekemvriana|month-long clashes]] between government and British forces on one hand and the guerrillas of the [[National Liberation Front]] on the other. The [[Treaty of Varkiza]] resulted in the latter's disarmament, however, the situation remained volatile. The moderate government of [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] resigned under British pressure on [[9 April]] [[1945]] and the Regent, [[Archbishop Damaskinos]], appointed Voulgaris to head an interim government. Voulgaris also held several other ministries during his two cabinets (the second formed on 11 July), including those of Army, Navy and Air Force, and even, briefly, the Foreign Ministry. Unable to break the political deadlock, Voulgaris resigned his naval commission on [[8 October]] [[1945]] and, nine days later, also the post of Prime Minister.

He died in the Athens Naval Hospital in [[1957]] of heart failure and was buried in the [[First Cemetery of Athens]].

== Sources ==
* [http://www.geetha.mil.gr/media/1940/12-YPHRESIA-ISTORIAS-NAYTIKOY/ellines-nautikoi.pdf Hellenic Navy Historical Service - Biographies]

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 For the next few years, he worked in the private sector, eventually joining the Bodosakis-Athanasiadis group. He moved to Egypt before the [[World War II|German invasion of Greece]] in April [[1941]]. In May [[1943]], the Greek government in exile recalled him to service - alongside many other officers who had been expelled in 1935 - and gave him the post of Aviation Minister. When the Navy mutiny broke out in April [[1944]], Voulgaris replaced Rear Admiral [[Konstantinos Alexandris]] as Chief of the Fleet. From this position he supervised the forced capture of the ships by officer detachments. In October 1944, he led the fleet back to Greece, and assumed the duties of Chief of the Navy General Staff.
-The political situation in Greece was extremely unstable: December 1944 saw [[Dekemvriana|month-long clashes]] between government and British forces on one hand and the guerrillas of the [[National Liberation Front]] on the other. The [[Treaty of Varkiza]] resulted in the latter's disarmament, however, the situation remained volatile. The moderate government of [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] resigned under British pressure on [[8 April]] [[1945]] and the Regent, [[Archbishop Damaskinos]], appointed Voulgaris to head an interim government. Voulgaris also held several other ministries during his two cabinets (the second formed on 11 July), including those of Army, Navy and Air Force, and even, briefly, the Foreign Ministry. Unable to break the political deadlock, Voulgaris resigned his naval commission on [[8 October]] [[1945]] and, nine days later, also the post of Prime Minister.
+The political situation in Greece was extremely unstable: December 1944 saw [[Dekemvriana|month-long clashes]] between government and British forces on one hand and the guerrillas of the [[National Liberation Front]] on the other. The [[Treaty of Varkiza]] resulted in the latter's disarmament, however, the situation remained volatile. The moderate government of [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] resigned under British pressure on [[April 8]], [[1945]] and the Regent, [[Archbishop Damaskinos]], appointed Voulgaris to head an interim government. Voulgaris also held several other ministries during his two cabinets (the second formed on July 11), including those of Army, Navy and Air Force, and even, briefly, the Foreign Ministry. Unable to break the political deadlock, Voulgaris resigned his naval commission on [[October 8]], [[1945]] and, nine days later, also the post of Prime Minister.
-He died in the Athens Naval Hospital in [[1957]] of heart failure and was buried in the [[First Cemetery of Athens]], being accorded honours of a serving PM.
+He died in the Athens Naval Hospital on [[November 26]],[[1957]] of heart failure and was buried in the [[First Cemetery of Athens]], being accorded honours of a serving PM.
 == Sources ==

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 For the next few years, he worked in the private sector, eventually joining the Bodosakis-Athanasiadis group. He moved to Egypt before the [[World War II|German invasion of Greece]] in April [[1941]]. In May [[1943]], the Greek government in exile recalled him to service - alongside many other officers who had been expelled in 1935 - and gave him the post of Aviation Minister. When the Navy mutiny broke out in April [[1944]], Voulgaris replaced Rear Admiral [[Konstantinos Alexandris]] as Chief of the Fleet. From this position he supervised the forced capture of the ships by officer detachments. In October 1944, he led the fleet back to Greece, and assumed the duties of Chief of the Navy General Staff.
-The political situation in Greece was extremely unstable: December 1944 saw [[Dekemvriana|month-long clashes]] between government and British forces on one hand and the guerrillas of the [[National Liberation Front]] on the other. The [[Treaty of Varkiza]] resulted in the latter's disarmament, however, the situation remained volatile. The moderate government of [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] resigned under British pressure on [[9 April]] [[1945]] and the Regent, [[Archbishop Damaskinos]], appointed Voulgaris to head an interim government. Voulgaris also held several other ministries during his two cabinets (the second formed on 11 July), including those of Army, Navy and Air Force, and even, briefly, the Foreign Ministry. Unable to break the political deadlock, Voulgaris resigned his naval commission on [[8 October]] [[1945]] and, nine days later, also the post of Prime Minister.
+The political situation in Greece was extremely unstable: December 1944 saw [[Dekemvriana|month-long clashes]] between government and British forces on one hand and the guerrillas of the [[National Liberation Front]] on the other. The [[Treaty of Varkiza]] resulted in the latter's disarmament, however, the situation remained volatile. The moderate government of [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] resigned under British pressure on [[8 April]] [[1945]] and the Regent, [[Archbishop Damaskinos]], appointed Voulgaris to head an interim government. Voulgaris also held several other ministries during his two cabinets (the second formed on 11 July), including those of Army, Navy and Air Force, and even, briefly, the Foreign Ministry. Unable to break the political deadlock, Voulgaris resigned his naval commission on [[8 October]] [[1945]] and, nine days later, also the post of Prime Minister.
 He died in the Athens Naval Hospital in [[1957]] of heart failure and was buried in the [[First Cemetery of Athens]], being accorded honours of a serving PM.

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 == Life ==
 === Early career ===
-Voulgaris was born in the island of [[Hydra]] to George Voulgaris and Archonto Vatsaxi. After the death of his father in [[1885]], his family settled in [[Athens]], with his mother's relatives. After finishing school, he entered the [[Hellenic Naval Academy]], in 1899, and was commissioned as Ensign in 1903. In 1908–1910 he was detached for training abroad, and he briefly served aboard a French Navy vessel in 1912. He took part in the [[Balkan Wars]] aboard the destroyer ''Panthir'', seeing action in the [[Naval Battle of Elli]]. In 1915–1916 he served as adjutant to the Navy Minister, Admiral [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]]. When the [[Movement of National Defence]] broke out in [[Thessalonica]] in [[1916]], the pro-[[Venizelism|Venizelist]] Voulgaris, like his mentor and fellow Hydriot Kountouriotis, left Athens and joined the revolutionary government. From 1916 to 1919 he commanded the destroyer ''Velos'', participating in the Allied naval operations in the Aegean during [[World War I]], the [[1919 Expedition to the Ukraine]], and the opening phase of the [[Asia Minor Expedition]]. He subsequently served as head of the private office of the Navy Minister [[Athanasios N. Miaoulis]]. Following the anti-Venizelist [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral victory]] in November [[1920]], he was suspended in March 1921.
+Voulgaris was born in the island of [[Hydra]] to George Voulgaris and Archonto Vatsaxi, a relative of [[Dimitrios Voulgaris]], a former Prime Minister. After the death of his father in [[1885]], his family settled in [[Athens]], with his mother's relatives. After finishing school, he entered the [[Hellenic Naval Academy]], in 1899, and was commissioned as Ensign in 1903. In 1908–1910 he was detached for training abroad, and he briefly served aboard a French Navy vessel in 1912. He took part in the [[Balkan Wars]] aboard the destroyer ''Panthir'', seeing action in the [[Naval Battle of Elli]]. In 1915–1916 he served as adjutant to the Navy Minister, Admiral [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]]. When the [[Movement of National Defence]] broke out in [[Thessalonica]] in [[1916]], the pro-[[Venizelism|Venizelist]] Voulgaris, like his mentor and fellow Hydriot Kountouriotis, left Athens and joined the revolutionary government. From 1916 to 1919 he commanded the destroyer ''Velos'', participating in the Allied naval operations in the Aegean during [[World War I]], the [[1919 Expedition to the Ukraine]], and the opening phase of the [[Asia Minor Expedition]]. He subsequently served as head of the private office of the Navy Minister [[Athanasios N. Miaoulis]]. Following the anti-Venizelist [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral victory]] in November [[1920]], he was suspended in March 1921.
 Following the collapse of the Asia Minor front and the revolt by the Army, he was recalled to active service, and appointed captain of the destroyer ''Leon''. In 1923 he became commander of the [[Faliro]] Naval Aviation Base, and he subsequently was appointed as captain of the ''Panthir''. Following the so-called "Navy Strike" of June [[1924]], he resigned from the Navy but was recommissioned two months later. He resigned again a year later, following the coup d'état of General [[Theodoros Pangalos]]. Following Pangalos' overthrow in August 1926, he re-joined the service, with the rank of Captain and became Superior Commander of the Naval Aviation, a position he held until 1930. WHen the Air Ministry was established in the same year, he became Director of the Air Force. In [[1931]], he was appointed commander of the [[Salamis Naval Base]], and in 1931–1934 he served as Supreme Commander of the Submarines. In 1934, he was placed as military attaché to Ankara and Belgrade, based in [[Istanbul]]. He was there when the failed Venizelist coup attempt of March [[1935]] occurred. Being a committed Venizelist, he was suspended and then dismissed by the subsequent purges of the Armed Forces. In November 1935 however, with the return of the monarchy and a partial pardon, he was listed as placed in reserve, with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Reserve.

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 Voulgaris was born in the island of [[Hydra]] to George Voulgaris and Archonto Vatsaxi. After the death of his father in [[1885]], his family settled in [[Athens]], with his mother's relatives. After finishing school, he entered the [[Hellenic Naval Academy]], in 1899, and was commissioned as Ensign in 1903. In 1908–1910 he was detached for training abroad, and he briefly served aboard a French Navy vessel in 1912. He took part in the [[Balkan Wars]] aboard the destroyer ''Panthir'', seeing action in the [[Naval Battle of Elli]]. In 1915–1916 he served as adjutant to the Navy Minister, Admiral [[Pavlos Kountouriotis]]. When the [[Movement of National Defence]] broke out in [[Thessalonica]] in [[1916]], the pro-[[Venizelism|Venizelist]] Voulgaris, like his mentor and fellow Hydriot Kountouriotis, left Athens and joined the revolutionary government. From 1916 to 1919 he commanded the destroyer ''Velos'', participating in the Allied naval operations in the Aegean during [[World War I]], the [[1919 Expedition to the Ukraine]], and the opening phase of the [[Asia Minor Expedition]]. He subsequently served as head of the private office of the Navy Minister [[Athanasios N. Miaoulis]]. Following the anti-Venizelist [[Greek legislative election, 1920|electoral victory]] in November [[1920]], he was suspended in March 1921.
-Following the collapse of the Asia Minor front and the revolt by the Army, he was recalled to active service, and appointed captain of the destroyer ''Leon''. In 1923 he became commander of the [[Faliro]] Naval Aviation Base, and he subsequently was appointed as captain of the ''Panthir''. Following the so-called "Navy Strike" of June [[1924]], he resigned from the Navy but was recommissioned two months later. He resigned again a year later, following the coup d'état of General [[Theodoros Pangalos]]. Following Pangalos' overthrow in August 1926, he re-joined the service, with the rank of Captain and became Superior Commander of the Naval Aviation, a position he held until 1930. WHen the Air Ministry was established in the same year, he became Director of the Air Force. In [[1931]], he was appointed commander of the [[Salamis Naval Base]], and in 1931–1934 he served as Supreme Commander of the Submarines. In 1934, he was placed as military attaché to [[Ankara]] and Belgrade, based in [[Istanbul]]. He was there when the failed Venizelist coup attempt of March [[1935]] occurred. Being a committed Venizelist, he was suspended and then dismissed by the subsequent purges of the Armed Forces. In November 1935 however, with the return of the monarchy and a partial pardon, he was listed as placed in reserve, with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Reserve.
+Following the collapse of the Asia Minor front and the revolt by the Army, he was recalled to active service, and appointed captain of the destroyer ''Leon''. In 1923 he became commander of the [[Faliro]] Naval Aviation Base, and he subsequently was appointed as captain of the ''Panthir''. Following the so-called "Navy Strike" of June [[1924]], he resigned from the Navy but was recommissioned two months later. He resigned again a year later, following the coup d'état of General [[Theodoros Pangalos]]. Following Pangalos' overthrow in August 1926, he re-joined the service, with the rank of Captain and became Superior Commander of the Naval Aviation, a position he held until 1930. WHen the Air Ministry was established in the same year, he became Director of the Air Force. In [[1931]], he was appointed commander of the [[Salamis Naval Base]], and in 1931–1934 he served as Supreme Commander of the Submarines. In 1934, he was placed as military attaché to Ankara and Belgrade, based in [[Istanbul]]. He was there when the failed Venizelist coup attempt of March [[1935]] occurred. Being a committed Venizelist, he was suspended and then dismissed by the subsequent purges of the Armed Forces. In November 1935 however, with the return of the monarchy and a partial pardon, he was listed as placed in reserve, with the rank of Rear Admiral of the Reserve.
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