Panagiotis Poulitsas

Who was Panagiotis Poulitsas?

Panagiotis Poulitsas was a Greek judge and archeologist. He was born in Geraki, Laconia in 1881.

As President of the Council of State, he took the premiership of an interim government from 4 to 18 April 1946 after the troubled 31 March 1946 elections, which were simultaneous with the reigniting of the Greek Civil War.

In 1947, he became a member of the Archaeological Society of Athens and of the Academy of Athens, of which he was elected president in 1954.

He died in Athens οn 16 January 1968. He was the maternal grandfather of the famous authorist and playboy Sir Takis.