Manolis Mantakas

Emmanouil or Manolis Mantakas (Greek: Μανώλης Μάντακας, Lakkoi, 1891 - Athens, 1968) was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Major General, and who became a leader in the Greek Resistance and a politician.

Manolis Mantakas
Member of Hellenic Parliament for Piraeus
In office
March 5, 1950  November 16, 1952
Secretary for Military Affairs of the Mountain Government
In office
April 10, 1944  October 9, 1944
Personal details
Born1891
Lakkoi, Chania, Crete, Ottoman Empire
Died1968(1968-00-00) (aged 76–77)
Athens, Greece
Resting placeFirst Cemetery of Athens
Political partyUnited Democratic Left
Democratic Alignment
Alma materÉcole Supérieure de Guerre
OccupationPolitician, army officer
Military service
Allegiance Greece
Branch/service Greek People's Liberation Army
Hellenic Army
Years of service1941-1945 (Greek People's Liberation Army)
1910-1935 (Hellenic Army)
RankMajor General (Hellenic Army)
Battles/wars

Biography

He was born in Lakkoi, Chania in 1891 and joined the Hellenic Army in 1910. He fought in the Balkan Wars and took part in the Movement of National Defence. He studied as a staff officer in the École Supérieure de Guerre and fought in the Asia Minor Campaign. A staunch republican, he was dismissed from the Army after the royalist coup of 1 October 1935, and took part in the abortive 1938 uprising in Chania against the dictatorial Metaxas Regime. During World War II he became a leader in the Cretan Resistance and joined the Communist-controlled National Liberation Front and the Greek People's Liberation Army resistance groups. He also served in the EAM-organized government of "Free Greece", the Political Committee of National Liberation, as Secretary for Military Affairs and later as its Vice-President, and was elected a deputy for Piraeus Prefecture in the PEEA's parliament, the "National Council".

Due to his communist affiliation, he was exiled to Makronisos in 1947–1949, during the Greek Civil War, but after his release was elected as an MP for Piraeus Prefecture with the Democratic Alignment in the 1950 and with the United Democratic Left in 1951.

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