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Nikolaos Zorbas
Zorbas as an artillery major. Portrait by Spyridon Prosalentis.
Minister of Military Affairs
In office
31 January 1910 – 18 October 1910
MonarchGeorge I
Prime MinisterStefanos Dragoumis
Personal details
Born27 September 1844
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Died11 June 1920
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Alma materHellenic Army Academy
Awards Order of the Redeemer
Legion of Honour
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service Hellenic Army
Years of service?–1911
Rank Major General
Battles/wars

Nikolaos Zorbas (Greek: Νικόλαος Ζορμπάς; 1844–1920) was a Greek soldier, most notable as the nominal leader of the Military League which organized the Goudi coup in 1909.

Life

A portrait of Zorbas commemorating the Goudi coup.

His family was from Magnesia in Asia Minor and he was born in Athens. After studying at the Hellenic Army Academy, he finished his studies in France and Belgium. He fought during the Greco-Turkish War (1897), and in 1909, as a colonel, he was chosen as the leader of the clandestine Military League. After the league organized the Goudi coup in August 1909, he was appointed Minister of Military Affairs in the Stephanos Dragoumis government and retired in 1911 as a Major General.

Zorbas died in Athens.


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