He was born in the village of Mazeika near
Kalavryta in 1891. He joined the
Hellenic Army as a volunteer in 1910 and fought in the
Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. He subsequently entered the NCO Academy and graduated as an Infantry Second Lieutenant in April 1914. He also fought in the
Macedonian front of
World War I and participated in the
Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, being promoted to Lieutenant (1916) and Captain (1918) in the process. He occupied a series of staff and command posts in the interwar years, rising to Major (1923), Lt Colonel (1930) and Colonel (1934). At the same time, he pursued Law studies in the
University of Athens. In 1937–1940, he commanded the Reserve Officers School. During the
Greco-Italian War, he served as Infantry Commander of the
1st Infantry Division and later CO of the newly raised
15th Infantry Division. and as
Minister for Northern Greece from 5 March to 17 May 1958 in the interim government of
Konstantinos Georgakopoulos. He died in 1962. ==References==