Sotirios Sotiropoulos

Sotirios Sotiropoulos (Greek: Σωτήριος Σωτηρόπουλος, 1831-1898) was a Greek lawyer and politician and briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece.

He was born in 1831 in Nafplion. He studied law and was elected to the Constitutional Convention of 1863. In 1864, he was chosen as Minister of Economy for the first time. He continued to serve in that capacity after the elections of 1865, 1870, 1876, 1877 and 1880 during the Nationalist Party ministries of Alexandros Koumoundouros.

In 1893, Sotiropoulos was tapped by King George I to form a government as Prime Minister, but it lost a vote of confidence a few months later. Later, Sotiropoulos was kidnapped by the brigand Lafazanis near Kalamata. After his release, Sotiropoulos wrote a book, My 31 day kidnapping. He died in Athens in 1898.

Preceded by
Charilaos Trikoupis
Prime Minister of Greece
May 15, 1893 - November, 1893
Succeeded by
Charilaos Trikoupis
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).
Persondata
Name Sotiropoulos, Sotirios
Alternative names
Short description Prime Minister of Greece
Date of birth 1831
Place of birth
Date of death 1898
Place of death