Dimitrios Maximos

Dimitrios E. Maximos (Greek: Δημήτριος Μάξιμος) was a Greek banker and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece after World War II.

Maximos was born in 1873 in Patras. He began his career in banking. Between 1933 and 1935, he became Foreign Minister of the government of Panagis Tsaldaris. He was Prime Minister of Greece in 1947. He died on 17 October 1955.

His house in central Athens, the Maximos Mansion, serves since 1982 as the official seat of the Prime Minister of Greece.

Political offices
Preceded by
Nikolaos Mavroudis
Foreign Minister of Greece
1933-1935
Succeeded by
Panagis Tsaldaris
Preceded by
Panagis Tsaldaris
Foreign Minister of Greece
1935
Succeeded by
Ioannis Theotokis
Preceded by
Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Prime Minister of Greece
25 January 1947-29 August 1947
Succeeded by
Konstantinos Tsaldaris
Heads of government of Greece
First Hellenic Republic
(1822–1832)
  • Mavrokordatos
  • P. Mavromichalis
  • Kountouriotis
  • And. Zaimis
  • I. Kapodistrias
  • A. Kapodistrias
Kingdom of Greece
(1832–1924)
  • Sp. Trikoupis
  • Mavrokordatos
  • Kolettis
  • von Armansperg
  • von Rudhart
  • King Otto
  • Mavrokordatos
  • King Otto
  • A. Metaxas
  • Kanaris
  • Mavrokordatos
  • Kolettis
  • Tzavelas
  • Kountouriotis
  • Kanaris
  • Kriezis
  • Mavrokordatos
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Miaoulis
  • Kolokotronis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Moraitinis
  • Z. Valvis
  • Kyriakos
  • Rouphos
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Kanaris
  • Z. Valvis
  • Kanaris
  • Rouphos
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Rouphos
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Koumoundouros
  • Moraitinis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Thr. Zaimis
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Thr. Zaimis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Deligiorgis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Kanaris
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Theodoros Deligiannis
  • D. Valvis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Konstantopoulos
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Sotiropoulos
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • N. Deligiannis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • D. Rallis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • G. Theotokis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • G. Theotokis
  • D. Rallis
  • G. Theotokis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • D. Rallis
  • G. Theotokis
  • D. Rallis
  • K. Mavromichalis
  • Dragoumis
  • El. Venizelos
  • Gounaris
  • El. Venizelos
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Skouloudis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Kalogeropoulos
  • El. Venizelos
  • Lambros
  • Al. Zaimis
  • El. Venizelos
  • D. Rallis
  • K alogeropoulos
  • Gounaris
  • Stratos
  • Protopapadakis
  • Triantafyllakos
  • Charalambis
  • Krokidas
  • Gonatas
  • El. Venizelos
  • Kafantaris
Second Hellenic Republic
(1924–1935)
  • Papanastasiou
  • Sofoulis
  • Michalakopoulos
  • Pangalos
  • Eftaxias
  • Kondylis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • El. Venizelos
  • Papanastasiou
  • El. Venizelos
  • P. Tsaldaris
  • El. Venizelos
  • Othonaios
  • P. Tsaldaris
  • Kondylis
Kingdom of Greece
(1935–1973)
  • Demertzis
  • I. Metaxas
  • Koryzis
  • Tsouderos
  • Tsolakoglou
  • Logothetopoulos
  • I. Rallis
  • Bakirtzis
  • S. Venizelos
  • Svolos
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Plastiras
  • P. Voulgaris
  • Archbishop Damaskinos
  • Kanellopoulos
  • Sofoulis
  • Poulitsas
  • K. Tsaldaris
  • Maximos
  • K. Tsaldaris
  • Sofoulis
  • Vafiadis
  • Zachariadis
  • Partsalidis
  • Diomidis
  • I. Theotokis
  • S. Venizelos
  • Plastiras
  • S. Venizelos
  • Plastiras
  • Kiousopoulos
  • Papagos
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • Georgakopoulos
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • Dovas
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • Pipinelis
  • Sty. Mavromichalis
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Paraskevopoulos
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Novas
  • Tsirimokos
  • Stefanopoulos
  • Paraskevopoulos
  • Kanellopoulos
Military Junta
(1967–1974)
  • Kollias
  • Papadopoulos
  • Markezinis
  • Androutsopoulos
Third Hellenic Republic
(since 1974)
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • G. Rallis
  • A. Papandreou
  • Tzannetakis
  • Grivas
  • Zolotas
  • Mitsotakis
  • A. Papandreou
  • Simitis
  • K. Karamanlis (Jr.)
  • G. Papandreou (Jr.)
  • Papademos
  • Pikrammenos
  • Samaras
Head of military/dictatorial government. Head of rival government not controlling Athens. Head of emergency or caretaker government. Head of collaborationist government during the Axis occupation (1941–44).
Foreign Ministers of Greece
First Hellenic Republic
(1822–1832)
  • Negris§
  • Al. Mavrokordatos§
  • Glarakis§
  • Sp. Trikoupis§†
Kingdom of Greece
(1832–1924)
  • Sp. Trikoupis
  • Al. Mavrokordatos
  • Rizos-Neroulos
  • von Rudhart
  • Zografos
  • Paikos
  • Christidis
  • Rizos-Neroulos
  • P. Deligiannis
  • A. Metaxas
  • Mansolas
  • Sp. Trikoupis
  • Kolettis
  • Tzavelas
  • Kolettis
  • Tzavelas
  • Mansolas
  • Kolokotronis
  • Londos
  • Glarakis
  • Londos
  • P. Deligiannis
  • Paikos
  • Argyropoulos
  • Al. Mavrokordatos
  • Sp. Trikoupis
  • Rangavis
  • Palamidis
  • Thr. Zaimis
  • Krestenitis
  • Papalexopoulos
  • Christopoulos
  • Theocharis
  • Diamantopoulos
  • Kalligas
  • D. Mavrokordatos
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Kalligas
  • P. Deligiannis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Kalligas
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Boudouris
  • Vrailas-Armenis
  • Deligiorgis
  • Christopoulos
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Valasopoulos
  • Valaoritis
  • Deligiorgis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • P. Deligiannis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Valaoritis
  • Deligiorgis
  • Christopoulos
  • Thr. Zaimis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Spiliotakis
  • I. Deligiannis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Kontostavlos
  • Deligiorgis
  • Kontostavlos
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Rikakis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Louriotis
  • S. Dragoumis
  • L. Deligiorgis
  • Meletopoulos
  • S. Dragoumis
  • Kontostavlos
  • N. Deligiannis
  • Skouzes
  • Skouloudis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Romanos
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Skouzes
  • G. Theotokis
  • D. Rallis
  • Romanos
  • Skouzes
  • Baltatzis
  • Christakis-Zografos
  • Mavromichalis
  • Kallergis
  • Gryparis
  • Koromilas
  • Panas
  • Streit
  • El. Venizelos
  • Christakis-Zografos
  • Gounaris
  • El. Venizelos
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Skouloudis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Karapanos
  • Zalokostas
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Politis
  • D. Rallis
  • Kalogeropoulos
  • Baltatzis
  • Stratos
  • Baltatzis
  • Kalogeropoulos
  • Papanastasiou
Second Hellenic Republic
(1924–1935)
  • Roussos
  • Rendis
  • Roussos
  • Michalakopoulos
  • Hatzikyriakos
  • Rendis
  • Hatzikyriakos
  • Kanakaris-Roufos
  • Argyropoulos
  • Michalakopoulos
  • Karapanos
  • Argyropoulos
  • Michalakopoulos
  • Papanastasiou
  • Michalakopoulos
  • I. Rallis
  • Michalakopoulos
  • Mavroudis
  • Maximos
  • P. Tsaldaris
  • Maximos
  • P. Tsaldaris
  • Maximos
  • I. Theotokis
Kingdom of Greece
(1935–1967/74)
  • Demertzis
  • I. Metaxas
  • Koryzis
  • Tsouderos
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Sofianopoulos
  • P. Voulgaris
  • Politis
  • Kanellopoulos
  • Sofianopoulos
  • Rendis
  • K. Tsaldaris
  • Pipinelis
  • S. Venizelos
  • Plastiras
  • S. Venizelos
  • Politis
  • S. Venizelos
  • F. Dragoumis
  • Stefanopoulos
  • S. Theotokis
  • Averoff
  • Pesmazoglou
  • Averoff
  • Pesmazoglou
  • Averoff
  • Pipinelis
  • Oikonomou-Gouras
  • S. Venizelos
  • Xanthopoulos-Palamas
  • Kostopoulos
  • Melas
  • Tsirimokos
  • Stefanopoulos
  • Toumbas
  • Oikonomou-Gouras
Military Junta
(1967–1974)
  • Oikonomou-Gouras
  • Kollias
  • Pipinelis
  • Papadopoulos
  • Xanthopoulos-Palamas
  • Tetenes
Third Hellenic Republic
(since 1974)
  • Kypraios
  • Mavros
  • Bitsios
  • Papaligouras
  • G. Rallis
  • Mitsotakis
  • Charalambopoulos
  • K. Papoulias
  • G. Papoulias
  • Samaras
  • Mitsotakis
  • Papakonstantinou
  • K. Papoulias
  • Pangalos
  • G. Papandreou (Jr.)
  • Giannitsis
  • Molyviatis
  • Bakoyannis
  • G. Papandreou (Jr.)
  • Droutsas
  • Lambrinidis
  • Dimas
  • Molyviatis
  • Avramopoulos
§ variously as Chief Secretary/General Secretary of State
† officially considered the first foreign minister of independent Greece
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Persondata
Name Maximos, Dimitrios
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth 1873
Place of birth
Date of death 1955
Place of death