Emmanouil Tsouderos was a political and financial figure of modern Greece as well as the father of Virginia Tsouderou.

He was born in Rethymno, Crete in 1882 and studied economics in Greece and abroad. He returned to Crete and was elected Member of Parliament of the Cretan Legislature (1906 - 1912). After the union ("Ενωσις") of Crete with Greece, he was elected to the Greek Parliament and served as Minister of Transportation under Eleftherios Venizelos and Minister of Finances under Themistoklis Sofoulis. He also served as governor of the Central Bank of Greece in the late 1930's [1]. For the famous World War II battle, see: Battle of Crete For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ... Venizelos may be: Eleftherios Venizelos: Greek politician (1864-1936) Sophoklis Venizelos: Greek politician (1894-1964), his son. ...

In 1941 he succeeded Alexandros Korizis as Prime Minister as the Germans were marching towards Athens. He fled with King George II to Crete where he organised his forces to face the coming German invasion. Tsouderos fled again during the battle of Crete to the Middle East and later Egypt. He headed the Greek government in exile initially in London and subsequently in Cairo until 1944. He served in the subsequent government in exile under Sofoklis Venizelos and, after the war, in different capacities until his death in Italy in 1956. Alexandros Korizis (1885-1941) was a Greek Prime Minister briefly in 1941. ... Combatants Greece New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Germany Italy Commanders Bernard Freyberg Kurt Student Strength 43,000 25,000 Casualties 3,500 dead 1,900 wounded 17,500 captured 6,200–16,100 dead, wounded, or captured The Battle of Crete (German Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta; Greek Μάχη της Κρήτης) began on the morning...