Alexandros Panagoulis was a Greek politician and poet. He took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels in Greece. He became famous for his attempt to assassinate dictator Georgi
Panagoulis in Florence (1973), with (to his right) Luigi Tassinari, president of the Province of Florence
Grave of Alexandros (Alekos) Panagoulis; First Cemetery of Athens.
Cimitero degli Allori, Oriana Fallaci and memorial to Panagoulis
Alexandros Panagoulis on trial by the junta.
The Centre Union was a major centrist political party in Greece, created in 1961 by Georgios Papandreou.
Alexandros Panagoulis
…torture to which he was subjected during his detention. After the restoration of democracy, he was elected to the Greek parliament as a member of the Centre Union (E.K.). Alexandros Panagoulis was born in the Glyfada neighbourhood of Athens. He was the second son of Vassilios Panagoulis, an officer in the Greek…
Prime Minister (1963-1965, 1944–1945) and Centre Union leader Georgios Papandreou.