From 1919 to 1936, he served in the
Hellenic Parliament for the Thessaloniki-
Pella constituency. He served as Minister of Health, Welfare and Care in the first government of
Panagis Tsaldaris (1932–1933). In the
parliamentary elections of 1936, he was leader of the
National Reform Party.
Collaboration with the Axis Powers After the
German invasion of Greece, he supported
collaboration with the
Axis powers. On 30 April 1941 he was appointed minister of finance in the collaborationist government of
Georgios Tsolakoglou. After the dismissal of Tsolakoglou on 2 December 1942, Gotzamanis continued in his post in the government of
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos. His ministry also oversaw agriculture, industry, trade and labor. When Logothetopoulos was dismissed in 1943, the Italians favored him to succeed Logothetopoulos as
Prime Minister of Greece, but the position went to
Ioannis Rallis instead.
After the liberation of Greece As the Axis forces withdraw from Greece in 1944, Gotzamanis fled to Italy and then
Nazi Germany. In his absence, a Greek court sentenced him to death in January 1945 for treason. He returned to Greece several years later and was a candidate for
mayor of Thessaloniki in 1954. He participated in the
elections of 11 May 1958. He died 6 months later of a stroke and
uremia at the age of 73. He is buried in Thessaloniki. ==References==