Alexandros Othonaios

Alexandros Othonaios
Othonaios as Major General, early 1920s
Native name	Αλέξανδρος Οθωναίος
Born	1879 Gytheio
Died	20 September 1970 Athens
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Second Hellenic Republic
Service/branch	Hellenic Army
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Macedonian Struggle, Balkan Wars, World War I, Asia Minor Campaign

Alexandros Othonaios (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Οθωναίος, Gytheio, 1879 – Athens, 20 September 1970) was a distinguished Greek general, who became briefly the acting Prime Minister of Greece, heading an emergency government during an abortive coup in 1933.

Othonaios was born at Gytheion in 1879, and enrolled in the Hellenic Military Academy. He participated in the Macedonian Struggle with the nom de guerre of Kapetan Palamidis, and was a member of the Military League. He fought in the Balkan Wars, and sided with Eleftherios Venizelos during the National Schism, commanding the 7th Cretan Regiment in the Macedonian Front of World War I. He also took part in the Allied Expedition to the Ukraine in 1919 with the rank of Colonel. Subsequently, he was appointed Commanding Officer of the Kydoniai Division and participated in the occupation of the Smyrna district in the early stages of the Asia Minor Campaign. After the electoral defeat of Venizelos in 1920, he was dismissed from the army and fled to Allied-occupied Constantinople, where he joined several other Venizelist officers.