Konstantinos Dovas
Politician
1898 – 1973
Who was Konstantinos Dovas?
Konstantinos Dovas was a Greek general and interim Prime Minister.
Dovas was born in Konitsa. In 1918, Dovas graduated from the Greek Military Academy. During the Greek Civil War between the government and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, he was commander of the Konitsa garrison and was wounded on a number of occasions. Subsequently he rose from the rank of Lieutenant General to Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff.
During his term of office, on 25 March 1955 an agreement between the Army and the CIA on the establishment of a special force entitled "Sheepskin", which subsequently became the Greek component of Gladio, a secret organisation of NATO, CIA and the MI6.
After his retirement from the army, he was Chief of the Royal Household of King Paul of Greece.
From 20 September to 4 November 1961, Dovas was prime minister in a transitional government.
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