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Grigoris Lambrakis was born on 3 April, 1912 in Kerasitsa, Arcadia, Greece, is a 20th-century Greek physician, left-wing politician, and anti-war activist. Discover Grigoris Lambrakis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?

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Occupation Gynecologist
Age 51 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 3 April 1912
Birthday 3 April
Birthplace Kerasitsa, Arcadia, Greece
Date of death 27 May, 1963
Died Place Thessaloniki, Greece
Nationality Greece

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1912

Grigoris Lambrakis (Γρηγόρης Λαμπράκης; 3 April 1912 – 27 May 1963) was a Greek politician, physician, athlete, and lecturer.

He participated in track and field sports and was a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at the University of Athens.

A member of the Greek resistance to Axis rule during World War II, he later became a prominent anti-war activist.

His assassination by right-wing zealots that were covertly supported by the police and military provoked mass protests and led to a political crisis.

Lambrakis was born in the village of Kerasitsa in the district of Tegea (Arcadia, the Peloponnese).

After finishing high school in his home town, he moved to Athens to enter the School of Medicine at the University of Athens.

Lambrakis was a champion athlete throughout his life.

1936

He held the Greek record for long jump for twenty-three years (1936–1959).

He also earned several gold medals in the Balkan Games, which took place annually, featuring competitors from Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Turkey.

He competed in the men's long jump and the men's triple jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

1941

During the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II (1941–44), Lambrakis participated actively in the Greek Resistance.

1943

In 1943 he set up the Union of Greek Athletes (Ένωση των Ελλήνων Αθλητών, Enosi ton Ellínon Athlitón) and organized regular competitions.

He used the revenue from these games to fund public food-banks for the starving population.

After World War II, Lambrakis completed his medical studies and worked as a lecturer in the Department of gynaecology.

He continued to help the poor by running a small private clinic for patients who were unable to afford medical care.

While not a Communist, Lambrakis' political and ideological orientation leaned towards the left.

He was actively involved in the pacifist movement of his time, which voiced strong opposition to the First Indochina War and the Second American War in Vietnam.

1946

Lambrakis acted politically from within the United Democratic Left (Ενιαία Δημοκρατική Αριστερά, ΕΔΑ/Eniéa Dimokratikí Aristerá, EDA), the only legal left-wing political party in the country after the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949 and until the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.

1961

He was elected to the Hellenic Parliament in the 1961 Greek legislative election as a Piraeus MP.

That same year (1961), under his initiative, the Commission for International Détente and Peace (Eπιτροπή για την Διεθνή Ύφεση και Ειρήνη — Epitropí gia ti Diethní Ýfesi ke Iríni — EDYE) was established in Greece.

In his capacity as Vice President of EDYE, Lambrakis participated in international pacifist meetings and demonstrations despite frequent threats against his life.

EDYE was an organization set up by EDA which while not officially aligned to the World Council of Peace broadly supported its anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist position.

EDA had ceded Lambrakis full freedom to represent the Commission and he soon emerged as its most articulate and determined leader.

1963

On 21 April 1963, the pacifist movement in Greece organized the First Pacifist Rally from Marathon to Athens.

The police intervened, banned the rally and arrested many demonstrators (Mikis Theodorakis among them).

Lambrakis, protected by his parliamentary immunity, marched alone and arrived at the end of the rally holding the banner with the peace symbol (photo), the one that he had previously held up during the Aldermaston rally in the United Kingdom while he was protesting near the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE).

Soon afterward, he too was arrested by the police.

On 22 May 1963, shortly after he had delivered the keynote speech at an anti-war meeting in Thessaloniki, two far-right extremists, Emannouel Emannouilides and Spyros Gotzamanis, driving a three-wheeled vehicle, struck Lambrakis with a club over the head in plain view of a large number of people and (allegedly) some police officers.

He suffered brain injuries and died in the hospital five days later, on 27 May.

The two men were arrested because of the reaction of a by-stander (Manolis Hatziapostolou, nicknamed Tiger) who jumped on their vehicle and fought with them.

The next day, in Athens, his funeral became a massive demonstration.

More than 500,000 people rallied to protest against the right-wing government and the Royal Court, seen by many to support the activities of the right-wing extremists.

The assassination of Lambrakis initiated an enormous popular reaction, and soon after, investigator Christos Sartzetakis, district attorney Nikos Athanasopoulos and attorney general P. Delaportas uncovered connections of the police and army, including the Gendarmerie commander for Northern Greece, Konstantinos Mitsou, and various local police officers, like Kapelonis and Katsoulis, to far-right extremists.

Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis resigned and left for Paris in July 1963.

Soon thereafter, thousands of Greek youth founded a new political organisation called the Lambrakis Democratic Youth (Δημοκρατική Νεολαία Λαμπράκη, Dimokratikí Neoléa Lambráki).

1967

The judges lost their jobs during the military dictatorship of 1967.

Christos Sartzetakis was also imprisoned for a year during the dictatorship.

The two murderers were released, while members of the conspiracy were favored.

Sartzetakis, although a royalist himself, became a symbol of integrity for his handling of the investigation.

The events that followed the assassination of Lambrakis led to rapid political developments.