He represented the prefecture of
Arcadia in the
Hellenic Parliament. As the
Greek Army was losing battles and ceding territory to the
Turkish National Movement in 1922, during the
war in
Asia Minor, the political situation in
Athens began to deteriorate. The cabinet of
Petros Protopapadakis resigned on 28 August, and
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos was entrusted by
King Constantine with the formation of a new ministry. After two days spent in negotiations he failed in his task, and Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, the ex-high commissioner of Greece at
Constantinople, was summoned, and succeeded with difficulty in forming a makeshift government. In the meantime, excitement and dissatisfaction were steadily growing among the population, and strict measures were necessary for the maintenance of order. On 11 September,
martial law was proclaimed, following the revolt of 8,000 troops and their officers in
Thessaloniki, who sent word to Athens demanding the abdication of King Constantine and the imprisonment of two former prime ministers,
Dimitrios Gounaris and
Nikolaos Stratos. This revolt was followed by a
widespread rebellion of troops evacuated from Asia Minor to the islands of
Mytilene,
Chios, and
Crete. The army contingents in Mytilene formed a Revolutionary Committee headed by Colonel
Stylianos Gonatas, which despatched by aeroplane the following demands to Athens: the dismissal of the government, the dissolution of the parliament, the holding of new elections, and the abdication of King Constantine in favour of the Crown Prince,
Crown Prince George. The revolutionary movement swiftly spread to other centres of Greece and to the Greek gunboats stationed at Mytilene and in and about the port of
Piraeus. The Cabinet and Prime Minister Triantafyllakos immediately resigned on 16 September. That same day, King Constantine abdicated for the second time in the course of his career, and the king's eldest son succeeded to the throne of Greece as King George II. ==Death==