Nikolaos Deligiannis
Greek politician
Nikolaos Petrou Deligiannis (Greek: Νικόλαος Πέτρου Δηλιγιάννης; 1845– 5 January 1910) was the caretaker Prime Minister of Greece from January to May 1895. A member of the Deligiannis political family, he embarked on a diplomatic career and served in ambassadorial posts in the Ottoman Empire, Serbia, France, and Spain. Due to his distinguished career Deligiannis was appointed in 1895 by King George I to head a caretaker cabinet formed to conduct the elections held later that year. After a new government took office following the elections, Deligiannis returned to diplomatic service in Paris, later representing Greece at the Hague Convention in 1899.
Biography
Born in Athens, he is the son of Petros Deligiannis, three-time foreign minister of Greece (1841, 1849 & 1863) and spawn of the powerful primate from Langadia, Arcadia.
He studied law at the University of Athens and made his career in the diplomatic corps. He was first appointed secretary of the Greek embassy in Constantinople and then served as ambassador in Belgrade (1881–1885), Paris (1885–1893) and in Madrid. He returned to Athens and after a while he left for Paris again, where he was appointed Ambassador of Greece. In 1899 he was a representative of Greece in the Hague Convention. He was also a founding member of the Hellenic Olympic Committee.
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