Alexandros Zaimis

Alexandros Zaimis Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης
Zaimis circa 1915
President of the Second Hellenic Republic
In office 10 December 1929 – 10 October 1935
Preceded by	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Succeeded by	Georgios Kondylis (as Regent)
Constituency	Kalavryta
Prime Minister of Greece
In office December 4, 1926 – July 4, 1928
President	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Preceded by	Georgios Kondilis
Succeeded by	Eleftherios Venizelos
In office February 5, 1917 – June 27, 1917
Monarch	Constantine I
Preceded by	Spyridon Lambros
Succeeded by	Eleftherios Venizelos
In office June 22, 1916 – September 16, 1916
Monarch	Constantine I
Preceded by	Stephanos Skouloudis
Succeeded by	Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
In office October 7, 1915 – November 7, 1915
Monarch	Constantine I
Preceded by	Eleftherios Venizelos
Succeeded by	Stephanos Skouloudis
In office November 25, 1901 – December 6, 1902
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Georgios Theotokis
Succeeded by	Theodoros Deligiannis
In office October 3, 1897 – April 14, 1899
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Dimitrios Rallis
Succeeded by	Georgios Theotokis
High Commissioner of Crete
In office September 18, 1906 – September 24, 1908
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Prince George of Greece
Succeeded by	(Unification with Greece unilaterally declared)
Personal details
Born	(1855-11-09)November 9, 1855 Athens, Greece
Died	September 15, 1936(1936-09-15) (aged 80) Vienna, Austria
Political party	Nationalist Party (1887–1902) Third Party (1902–1924) Independent (1924–1935)
Residence	Kerpini, Kalavryta, Achaia prefecture, Peloponnese, Greece
Occupation	Politician
Religion	Orthodox Christian

Alexandros Zaimis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης; 9 November 1855 – 15 September 1936) was a Greek Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and High Commissioner of Crete. He served as Prime Minister six times.

He was born in Athens and was the son of Thrasyvoulos Zaimis, a former Prime Minister of Greece, and Eleni Mourouzi. His brother was Asimakis Zaimis. On his father's side he was the grandson of Andreas Zaimis, another former Prime Minister of Greece, and related to the great Kalavrytan family with notable participation in the Greek War of Independence from 1821. From his mother's side he was a descendent of an important Fanariote family of the Mourozidon. His family lived in Kerpini, Kalavryta in the Achaia prefecture.

He studied law at the University of Athens and at the University of Heidelberg. He also attended the universities of Leipzig, Paris and Berlin.

Alexandros became involved in politics after the death of his father who was the elected member of parliament for Kalavryta. He became a Member of Parliament in 1885. He served as Minister of the Interior and Justice Minister in Theodoros Deligiannis' government (1890–92) and Leader of the House (1895-97). He became Prime Minister for the first time in 1897.