Dimitrios Rallis

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Dimitrios Rallis was descended from an old Greek political family. Before Greek independence, his grandfather, Alexander Rallis, was a prominent Phanariote (Greek from Constantinople).

His father, George Rallis, was Minister in Andreas Miaoulis' government and later Chief Justice of the Greek Supreme Court.

Dimitrios Rallis was born in Athens in 1844. He was elected to Parliament in 1872, became Minister in several governments and served as Prime Minister 5 times. He died on August 5, 1921 at the age of 77.

Dimitrios Rallis' son, Ioannis Rallis, became Prime Minister during the war-time occupation and his grandson, George Rallis served as Prime Minister in the early 1980's.


Preceded by:
Theodoros Deligiannis
Prime Minister of Greece
April 30, 1897 - October 3, 1897
Succeeded by:
Alexandros Zaimis
Preceded by:
Georgios Theotokis
Prime Minister of Greece
July 11, 1903 - December 7, 1903
Succeeded by:
Georgios Theotokis
Preceded by:
Theodoros Deligiannis
Prime Minister of Greece
June 22, 1905 - December 21, 1905
Succeeded by:
Georgios Theotokis
Preceded by:
Georgios Theotokis
Prime Minister of Greece
July 19, 1909 - August 28, 1909
Succeeded by:
Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis
Preceded by:
Eleftherios Venizelos
Prime Minister of Greece
November 18, 1920 - February 6, 1921
Succeeded by:
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos