Konstantinos Dovas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Konstantinos Dovas

Greek politician

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1898

Place of Birth: Konitsa, Epirus Region, Greece

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1973

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Greece

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Konstantinos Dovas (Greek: ???sta?t???? ??ßa?) (20 December 1898–1973) was a Greek general and interim Prime Minister. Dovas was born in Konitsa, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day northwestern Greece).
In 1918, Dovas graduated from the Greek Military Academy.
During the Greek Civil War between the government and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, he was led the resistance of the Konitsa garrison during the Battle of Konitsa.
Subsequently he rose from the rank of Lieutenant General (1954) to Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff. During his term of office, on 25 March 1955 an agreement between the Army and the CIA on the establishment of a special force entitled "Sheepskin" was made, which subsequently became the Greek component of Gladio, a secret organisation of NATO, CIA and the MI6. After his retirement from the army, he was Chief of the Royal Household of King Paul of Greece. From 20 September to 4 November 1961, Dovas was prime minister in a transitional government.