Nicolas Kitsikis

Nicolas Kitsikis
Νίκος Κιτσίκης
Nicolas Kitsikis in 1964
Born	(1887-08-14)August 14, 1887
Died	July 26, 1978(1978-07-26) (aged 90)
Nationality	Greek
Education	Athens Polytechnic School, 1907 Technische Universität Berlin
Employer	Athens Polytechnic School
Known for	Greek communist
Spouse	Beata Kitsikis
Children	Dimitri Kitsikis Beata Maria Kitsikis Panagopoulos Elsa Schmid-Kitsikis [fr]

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 [fr] 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.