Tzannis Tzannetakis
| Tzannis Tzannetakis Τζαννής Τζαννετάκης |
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
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In office 2 July 1989 – 12 October 1989 |
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| President | Christos Sartzetakis |
| Preceded by | Andreas Papandreou |
| Succeeded by | Yiannis Grivas |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 3 July 1989 – 12 October 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Karolos Papoulias |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Papoulias |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 September 1928 Gytheio, Greece |
| Died | 1 April 2010 (aged 81) Athens, Greece |
| Political party | New Democracy |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Rangousi |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
Tzannis Tzannetakis (Greek: Τζαννής Τζαννετάκης) (13 September 1928 – 1 April 2010) was a Greek politician who was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989.
Tzannetakis was born in Gytheio in the region of Mani in 1928. He served as a naval officer but resigned on 22 April 1967, the day after the military coup d'état which brought the dictatorship of Georgios Papadopoulos to power. He was imprisoned by the military junta from 1969 to 1971 for his resistance activity.
When democracy was restored in 1974, Tzannetakis joined the New Democracy party of Constantine Karamanlis. From 1974-77 he served as General Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism. He was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1977 and served as Minister for Public Works in the government of Georgios Rallis (1980–81).
The Greek legislative election, June 1989 left the PASOK party of Andreas Papandreou in the minority, following a series of government scandals. New Democracy, however, now led by Constantine Mitsotakis, could not form a government despite its significant lead in the popular vote, because of changes to Greek electoral law that PASOK had voted into effect before the elections. The result was the formation of the first coalition government since the fall of the Greek dictatorship in 1974 and the first government to include the Communist left since 1944.
The government was based on an alliance between ND and the Coalition of Forces of the Left and Progress (Synaspismos), which then included the Communist Party of Greece, with a mandate to conduct a clean-up ("katharsis") after the scandals. The agreement was for a short-term government which would last only until the process of parliamentary investigation of those Members of Parliament accused of involvement in the scandals had been completed. Tzannetakis was a compromise candidate for Prime Minister, given that the left refused to accept Mitsotakis in this role. In contrast, Tzannetakis was acceptable to the left because of his credentials from the anti-Junta resistance. In addition to the premiership, Tzannetakis also retained the portfolios of Foreign Affairs and of Tourism.
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