Pavlos Gyparis

Pavlos Gyparis
Παύλος Γύπαρης
Pavlos Gyparis during the Macedonian Struggle
Member of Parliament
for Chania Prefecture
In office
14 – 26 April 1944
MonarchGeorge II
Prime MinisterSofoklis Venizelos
Personal details
Born1882
Asi Gonia, Eyalet of Crete, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died22 June 1966
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political partyLiberal Party
Military service
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
French Third Republic
Greece Second Hellenic Republic
Branch/service Hellenic Army
French Army
Battles/wars

Pavlos Iosif Gyparis (Greek: Παύλος Ιωσήφ Γύπαρης,[1] 1882 – 22 July 1966) was a Hellenic Army officer best known as the commander of the personal guard of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos. He took part in many conflicts, and in 1920 was implicated in the assassination of Ion Dragoumis, a political opponent of Venizelos.

  1. ^ Giparakis, K. (7 February 2012). "Παύλος Ιωσήφ Γύπαρης (1882-1966)". giparakis.gr. Retrieved 24 July 2017.