Christoforos Stratos, 1977

Christoforos Stratos (Greek: Χριστόφορος Στράτος; 1924–1982) was a Greek writer and politician. He was three times minister of the interior of Greece.[1]

Life

Christoforos Stratos was born in 1924 in Patras.[2] He was a son of a textile salesman and co-founder of Piraiki-Patraiki Cotton Manufacturing Company.[3] Stratos studied law at Athens University.[2]

At the young age, Stratos became a managing director of Piraiki-Patraiki and by the mid-1950s the company became the largest industrial firm in Greece and the second largest employer after the Greek state.[3]

Stratos was married and had two sons and one daughter.[2]

Stratos was active in the Orthodox Church and the Greek Scout Movement. He also co-founded the Society of Hellenic Studies, a conservative liberal think-tank.[3]

Stratos built a close relationship with the Palace becoming a friend of the King Paul and his son, Constantine.[2]

In 1962, Stratos founded the Hellenic Management Association to introduce modern techniques of business management in public and private companies.[3]

Political career

Stratos entered politics in the early 1960s when the King appointed him as a minister in two caretaker governments.[3] The caretaker governments were set up before 1967 to hold elections.[2]

From 1967 to 1974, the colonels’ dictatorship was established in Greece.[4] During this time, Stratos was active in resisting the military dictatorship.[3] In 1973, he was arrested for three months after an attempted coup by naval officers.[5]

After restoration of democracy in 1974, Stratos joined the new democracy party of then Premier Constantine Karamanlis.[2] Stratos ran for a parliamentary seat in his native Aetolia-Akarnanis.[3]

He became a Minister of public works in the cabinet of 21 November 1974.[6] He was appointed as minister of public works and interior under several New Democracy governments.[3]

Christoforos Stratos died of stroke on 15 April 1982 at the age of 58.[2]


References

  1. ↑ Paxton, J. (2016-12-21). The Statesman's Year-Book 1981-82. Springer. p. 551. ISBN 978-0-230-27110-4.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Christophoros Stratos, 58, industrialist, politician and member of parliament,..." UPI. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pappas, T. (2014-07-16). Populism and Crisis Politics in Greece. Springer. p. 41. ISBN 978-1-137-41058-0.
  4. ↑ Tsakas, Christos (2018-09-30). "Europeanisation under authoritarian rule: Greek business and the hoped-for transition to electoral politics, 1967–1974". Business History. 62 (4): 686–709. doi:10.1080/00076791.2018.1494156. hdl:1814/59227. S2CID 158490323.
  5. ↑ Times, Alvin Shuster Special to The New York (1974-07-27). "Leftists Included As Greek Premier Completes Cabinet". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  6. ↑ Paxton, J. (2016-12-22). The Statesman's Year-Book 1975-76. Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-27104-3.


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