He was born in
Ermoupoli, on the island of
Syros, on 1 January 1874 to an old shipping family from
Psara. His father, Nikolaos, was an industrialist, while his brother Andreas became a politician. He entered the
Hellenic Navy Academy, and was commissioned as an Ensign in March 1899. after which he retired from active service with the rank of
rear admiral. He served again as Minister for Naval Affairs in the 1933–35
Panagis Tsaldaris cabinet, resigning due to his failure to prevent the fleet's participation in the failed
coup attempt on 1 March 1935. He then withdrew from public life, and died in Athens on 24 March 1956 at the age of 82. Hatzikyriakos was married to Eleni Gika, and their son was the painter
Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas. == References ==