Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos (Greek: Ιωάννης Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος; 1839–1909) was a Greek soldier who rose to the rank of major general, and served as head of the military household of King George I of Greece and briefly Minister of Military Affairs.
Life edit
Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos was born in Patras on 6 November 1839,[1] as the son of major general Dimitrios Papadiamantopoulos.[2] He entered the Hellenic Army Academy, and graduated in 1862 as a second lieutenant of the engineers.[2]
In 1885–1895, he taught military law at the Army Academy, before being appointed Minister of Military Affairs in the 1895 caretaker cabinet of Nikolaos Diligiannis.[2] He was then made aide-de-camp and head of the military household of King George I of Greece, and then served as the King's privy councillor until his retirement on 1 June 1909. He died at Athens on 27 November of the same year.[2]
References edit
- ^ Note: Greece officially adopted the Gregorian calendar on 16 February 1923 (which became 1 March). All dates prior to that, unless specifically denoted, are Old Style.
- ^ a b c d Aspreas, G. (1930). "Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος Ιωάννης". Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Πέμπτος: Νάβα–Σαρακηνοί [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume V: Nave–Saracens] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. p. 252. OCLC 31255024.