Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas

Evangelos Averoff-Tositsas (April 17, 1910 - January 2, 1990) was a distinguished liberal Greek politician and a prominent author. is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ...

During the tripartite Axis occupation of Greece, Averoff was taken hostage and imprisoned in Italy. He escaped after a year of imprisonment and created the "Freedom or Death" resistance group, which had the purpose of liberating Greek and Allied war hostages. This article is about the independent states that comprised the Axis powers. ... Belligerent military occupation occurs when the control and authority over a territory belonging to a state passes to a hostile army. ... For other uses, see Hostage (disambiguation). ... Greek flag Eleftheria i thanatos (Greek: , pron. ... A resistance movement is a group dedicated to fighting an invader in an occupied country. ... This article is about the independent states that comprised the Allies. ...

During the military dictatorship of 1967-1974, Averoff participated in one of the foremost acts of resistance against the regime, the Velos mutiny, for which he was arrested as an "instigator". The Greek military junta of 1967-1974, alternatively The Regime of the Colonels (Greek: ), or in Greece The Junta (Greek: ) and The Seven Years (Greek: ) are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. ... The Greek military junta of 1967-1974, alternatively The Regime of the Colonels (Greek: ), or in Greece The Junta (Greek: ) and The Seven Years (Greek: ) are terms used to refer to a series of right-wing military governments that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. ...

After the restoration of democracy in 1974, during metapolitefsi he participated in the New Democracy centre-right party under Konstantinos Karamanlis, and served as minister in subsequent governments. The Metapolitefsi (Greek: Μεταπολίτευση, translated as polity or regime change) refers to the period in Greek history after the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and includes the transitional period from the fall of the dictatorship to the Greek legislative elections of 1974 as well as the democratic... Party logo New Democracy (ND, Greek: Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dhimokratia), founded in 1974, is the main center-right liberal-conservative political party in Greece. ... Constantine Karamanlis Constantine (Konstantinos) Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής) (March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) is a towering figure of modern Greek politics and history. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional government. ...

He was elected president of the party in 1981, but had to leave his post due to health problems in 1984.

Evangelos Averoff has been a prominent author of political and historical works, amongst which the "Customs Union in the Balkans" (1933), which the Carnegie institute awarded, "Fire and Axe, 1944-1949" (1974) dealing with the Greek civil war, "A History of missed opportunities: The Cypriot Problem 1956-1963" (1981), and others. For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) is a foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to support scientific research. ...