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Alexandros Korizis ( 1885 - 1941 ) was the Prime Minister of Greece briefly in 1941. He assumed this role on January 29 , 1941 , when his predecessor, Ioannis Metaxas died. On April 6 of the same year, he personally rejected a German demand for the unconditional surrender of the country. Less than two weeks later, on April 18 , as German troops marched towards Athens and the city was placed under Martial Law , he committed Suicide . He was originally from the small island of Poros in Greece, where a museum dedicated to his life and contribution exists today. |
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