Nicolas Kitsikis | |
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Νίκος Κιτσίκης | |
.JPG) Nicolas Kitsikis in 1964 | |
| Born | August 14, 1887 |
| Died | July 26, 1978 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Education | |
| Employer | Athens Polytechnic School |
| Known for | Greek communist |
| Spouse | Beata Kitsikis |
| Children | |
Nicolas Kitsikis (Greek: Νίκος Κιτσίκης; Nafplio, August 14, 1887 – July 26, 1978, Athens), was a top civil engineer of 20th century Greece, and father of Beata Maria Kitsikis Panagopoulos,[1] Elsa Schmid-Kitsikis[2] and Dimitri Kitsikis. He served as professor and rector of the Athens Polytechnic School, was named doctor honoris causa of the Technische Hochschule in Berlin-Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin), became a member of the Greek Parliament and Senator during the Interbellum, and joined the EAM-ELAS resistance movement against the German occupation of Greece in 1941-1944. At the liberation of Greece in 1944, he joined the Greek Communist Party and became President of the Greek-Soviet Association in 1945, as well as initiating in 1955, with his wife, Beata Kitsikis, a Communist feminist fighter, the Greece-People's China Association.
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