"Voulgaris, Petros"

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Petros Voulgaris (September 13, 1883, Hydra – November 26, 1957, Athens) was a Greek admiral of the twentieth century. He was Prime Minister of Greece in 1945.

Biography
Petros Vulgaris was born on the island of Hydra in the family of Georgios Vulgaris and Archonto Vacaxi. On the paternal side came from the noble family of Vulgaris. His great-grandfather, Nikolaos Voulgaris, was a brother to the ruler of Idra, Georgios Voulgaris (1769-1812), and an uncle to the multiple Prime Minister of Greece, Dimitrios Voulgaris. After the death of his father, Petros with his mother and brothers moved to Athens, to the house of the Vatsaksi family.

In Athens he graduated from elementary school and gymnasium, after which he entered the School of Naval Cadets, which he graduated in the rank of senior lieutenant of the fleet in 1903. In 1908-1910 he was sent for retraining abroad, and briefly served on the ships of the French Navy in 1912.
During the Balkan Wars, Vulgaris fought on board the destroyer Pantyr, took part in the victorious Battle of Ellie for the Greek fleet.

In 1915-1916, Vulgaris served as an adjutant to his countryman Minister of the Navy, Admiral Pavel Kunturiotis. When the National Defense Movement broke out in 1916, Volgaris, a supporter of Eleftherios Venizelos, as well as his patron and countryman Admiral Kunturiotis, left Athens and joined the revolutionary government in the Macedonian capital, Thessaloniki. From 1916 to 1919 he commanded the destroyer Velos, taking part in Entente naval operations in the Aegean during World War I.

In 1919, he took part in an Allied expedition in support of the White Movement, during which, on the orders of the Entente, the Greek fleet and army made a campaign to the ports of southern Ukraine. In the same year, under the mandate of the Entente, the Greek army landed on the west coast of Asia Minor. Vulgaris commanded one of the ships intended to support the landing. The landing was generally peaceful. Subsequently, Voulgaris headed the personal office of the Minister of the Navy A. N. Miaulis (1868-1932).

The geopolitical situation changed radically and became fatal for the Greek population of Asia Minor after the parliamentary elections in Greece in November 1920. Under the slogan “We will bring our boys home” and with the support of the then significant Muslim population, the monarchist People’s Party won the election. Voulgaris, a Venizelos supporter, was demobilized in March 1921. The return to Greece of the Germanophile Constantine relieved the Allies of their obligations towards Greece. Winston Churchill, in his Aftermath (pp. 387–388), wrote: The return of Constantine dissolved all allied relations with Greece and annulled all obligations except legal ones. With Venizelos, we made many commitments. But with Constantine, nothing. Indeed, when the first surprise passed, a sense of relief became apparent in the leadership circles. It was no longer necessary to pursue an anti-Turkish policy.”

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