1932 in Greece

← 1931 1930 1929 1932 in Greece → 1933 1934 1935
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1932 List of years in Greece

Incumbents

• President: Alexandros Zaimis
• Prime Minister:
  • until 26 May: Eleftherios Venizelos
  • 26 May-5 June: Alexandros Papanastasiou
  • 5 June-4 November: Eleftherios Venizelos
  • from 4 November: Panagis Tsaldaris

Events

• 25 April - Greece decides to abandon the gold standard.^[1]
• 3 June - The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou resigns after one week in office.^[2]
• 25 September - The result of the Greek legislative election is an ambivalent one for the two leading parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party receives a plurality of votes in the Lower House elections, but wins fewer seats than the Liberal Party;^[3] the Liberals also win the most seats in the Senate.^[4]
• December - The Greek National Socialist Party is founded by George S. Mercouris.^[5]

Births

• 21 May - Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, admiral (died 2014)
• 29 August - Lakis Petropoulos, footballer and manager (died 1996)

Deaths

• 13 December - Georgios Jakobides, painter (born 1853)

External links

1. ↑ "Greece Votes to Go Off Gold Standard". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 25, 1932. p. 1. 
2. ↑ "Tageseinträge für 3. Juni 1932". chroniknet. Retrieved May 28, 2015. 
3. ↑ Nohlen & Stöver, pp841-858
4. ↑ Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
5. ↑ "National Socialist Party". http://www.themediabriefing.com. Retrieved 25 April 2012.  External link in |publisher= (help)