Konstantinos Dovas

{{short description|20th-century Greek military officer and politician}}

{{Expand Greek|topic=bio|Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox military person

| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General

| name = Konstantinos Dovas

| native_name = Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας

| image = Konstantinos Dovas.jpg

| caption = A photo of Konstantinos Dovas.

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|12|20|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|7|24|1898|12|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Konitsa, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)

| death_place = Athens, Greece

| placeofburial = First Cemetery of Athens

| allegiance = * {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} Kingdom of Greece

• {{flagicon|Greece|old}} Second Hellenic Republic

| branch = {{army|Greece}}

| serviceyears = 1918–1961

| rank = 15px Lieutenant General

| commands = Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff

| battles = World War I

• Macedonian front

Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
World War II

• Greco-Italian War
• Battle of Greece

Greek Civil War

• Battle of Konitsa

| alma_mater = Hellenic Military Academy

| laterwork = Chief of the royal household of King Paul of Greece
Prime Minister of Greece

}}

Konstantinos Dovas ({{langx|el|Κωνσταντίνος Δόβας}}; 20 December 1898{{cite book |last1=Makrygiannēs |first1=Nikos |title=Hoi prōthypourgoi tēs Hellados, 1843-1979 |date=1979 |publisher=Ekdot. Hestia |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3qyAAAAIAAJ&q=%CE%9A%CF%89%CE%BD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82+%CE%94%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%82+20+%CE%94%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85+1898 |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=el}} – 24 July 1973) was a Greek general and interim Prime Minister.

Dovas was born in Konitsa, in the Janina Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day northwestern Greece). In 1918, Dovas graduated from the Hellenic Military Academy. During the Greek Civil War between the government and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, he led the resistance of the Konitsa garrison during the Battle of Konitsa. Subsequently, he rose from the rank of Lieutenant General (1954) to Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff.{{cite web |title=ΓΕΝΙΚΟ ΕΠΙΤΕΛΕΙΟ ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ ΑΜΥΝΑΣ |url=http://www.geetha.mil.gr/index.asp?a_id=2855 |access-date=19 November 2024 |date=23 July 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723144759/http://www.geetha.mil.gr/index.asp?a_id=2855 | archive-date=23 July 2010 }}

During his term of office, on 25 March 1955 an agreement between the Army and the CIA on the establishment of a special force entitled "Sheepskin" was made, which subsequently became the Greek component of Gladio, a secret organisation of NATO, CIA and MI6.

After his retirement from the army, he was Chief of the Royal Household of King Paul of Greece.

From 20 September to 4 November 1961, Dovas was prime minister in a transitional government.{{cite book |last1=Γριβα |first1=Μαριλενα |title=Το Υπουργειο Εξωτερικων 1833-2007: η θεσμικη οργανωση |date=2008 |publisher=Εκδοσεις Παπαζηση |isbn=978-960-02-2176-3 |page=630 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13cOAQAAMAAJ&q=%CE%9A%CF%89%CE%BD%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82+%CE%94%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%82+%C2%AB20+%CE%A3%CE%B5%CF%80%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85+1961%C2%BB |access-date=19 November 2024 |language=el}}