1932 in Greece
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Incumbents
- President: Alexandros Zaimis
- Prime Minister:
- until 26 May: Eleftherios Venizelos
- 26 May-5 June: Alexandros Papanastasiou
- 5 June-4 November: Eleftherios Venizelos
- from 4 November: Panagis Tsaldaris
Events
- 25 April â Greece decides to abandon the gold standard.[1]
- 3 June â The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou resigns after one week in office.[2]
- 25 September â The result of the Greek legislative election is an ambivalent one for the two leading parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party receives a plurality of votes in the Lower House elections, but wins fewer seats than the Liberal Party;[3] the Liberals also win the most seats in the Senate.[4]
- December â The Greek National Socialist Party is founded by George S. Mercouris.[5]
Births
- 21 May â Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, admiral (died 2014)
- 29 August â Lakis Petropoulos, footballer and manager (died 1996)
Deaths
- 13 December â Georgios Jakobides, painter (born 1853)