1932 in Greece
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List of years in Greece
Incumbents
[edit ]- President: Alexandros Zaimis
- Prime Minister:
- until 26 May: Eleftherios Venizelos
- 26 May-5 June: Alexandros Papanastasiou
- 5 June-4 November: Eleftherios Venizelos
- from 4 November: Panagis Tsaldaris
Events
[edit ]- 25 April – Greece decides to abandon the gold standard.[1]
- 3 June – The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou resigns after one week in office.[2]
- 25 September – The result of the Greek legislative election is an ambivalent one for the two leading parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party receives a plurality of votes in the Lower House elections, but wins fewer seats than the Liberal Party;[3] the Liberals also win the most seats in the Senate.[4]
- December – The Greek National Socialist Party is founded by George S. Mercouris.[5]
Births
[edit ]- 21 May – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, admiral (died 2014)
- 29 August – Lakis Petropoulos, footballer and manager (died 1996)
Deaths
[edit ]- 13 December – Georgios Jakobides, painter (born 1853)
External links
[edit ]- ^ "Greece Votes to Go Off Gold Standard". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . April 25, 1932. p. 1.
- ^ "Tageseinträge für 3. Juni 1932". chroniknet. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, pp. 841–858
- ^ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p. 830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "National Socialist Party". TheMediaBriefing.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2012.