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Ioannis Sofianopoulos

Ioannis Sofianopoulos

Greek politician (1887–1951)

Ioannis Sofianopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Σοφιανόπουλος; 10 August 1887 – 27 July 1951)[1] was a Greek politician.[2]

Born in Sopoto, Kalavryta, to the lawyer Andreas Sofianopoulos and Athena Papageorgiou, he studied Law at the University of Athens. During the 1920s, he visited various parts of the Balkans describing his impressions in a series of articles and books.[3] He was elected a member of parliament for the Serres constituency in the 1933 Greek election, representing the Farmers' Party. He served twice as Foreign Minister of Greece between 1945 and 1946. From 1950 to 1951 he served again as a member of parliament, representing the Democratic Alignment.

Publications

  • Economical and political study on the Balkan States and on Central and Eastern Europe, Athens 1927
  • Geographical, political and geo-economical studies on the basin of the Danube, the Balkan peninsula and of East Mediterranean

References

  1. [1]
    "Search results". www.google.com. [better source needed]
  2. [2]
    Patatzis, Sotiris (1961). Ioannis Sofianopoulos: Enas Epanastatis Choris Epanastasi (in Greek). Athens.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. [3]
    Sarras, Michael (2015). Knežević, Marija (ed.). 'A Balkan Cleaning up': John Sofianopoulos' Balkan Travels during the 1920s and His Social Insight. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 225–236. ISBN 9781443883450. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)


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