George Rallis
| Georgios Rallis Γεώργιος Ράλλης |
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
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In office 10 May 1980 – 21 October 1981 |
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| President | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Andreas Papandreou |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 10 May 1978 – 9 May 1980 |
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| Prime Minister | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Panagis Papaligouras |
| Succeeded by | Constantine Mitsotakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 December 1918 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 15 March 2006 (aged 87) Athens, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Lena Rallis |
| Alma mater | University of Athens |
Georgios Ioannou Rallis (Greek: Γεώργιος Ιωάννου Ράλλης; 26 December 1918 – 15 March 2006), anglicised to George Rallis, was a Greek conservative politician and Prime Minister of Greece from 1980 to 1981.
Rallis was descended from an old political family. Before Greek independence, Alexandros Rallis was a prominent Phanariote (Greek from Constantinople). In 1849 his son Georgios Rallis became Chief Justice of the Greek Supreme Court. Dimitrios Rallis (1844–1921), paternal grandfather of Georgios Rallis, was five times Prime Minister of Greece, for short periods in 1897, 1903, 1905, 1909 and 1921. His son, Ioannis Rallis (1878–1946), was collaborationist Prime Minister from 1943 to 1944, during the German occupation. After the liberation of Greece he was sentenced to life imprisonment for collaboration and died in jail in 1946. His maternal grandfather, Georgios Theotokis, was four times Prime Minister of Greece, between 1901 and 1907.
Georgios Rallis was born on 26 December 1918 in the prestigious Kolonaki district of Athens.
After schooling he studied law and political sciences at the University of Athens. Shortly after graduating he joined the fight against fascist Italy after the invasion on 28 October 1940 as an cavalry Second Lieutenant of the Reserve. He was recalled to active service during the Greek Civil War of 1946–49, during which he served in the armoured corps.
Rallis was first elected to the Greek Parliament as a member of the People's Party in the 1950 general election, and was re-elected in all subsequent elections until the end of his political career in 1993, except the 1958 election and the June 1989 election, where he did not run. He was first appointed a cabinet minister on 11 April 1954 in the government of Alexander Papagos, as Minister for the Presidency of the Government).
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