Panagiotis Poulitsas

{{Short description|Greek judge and archeologist (1881–1968)}}

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Panagiotis Poulitsas (Greek: Παναγιώτης Πουλίτσας; 9 September 1881 – 16 January 1968) was a Greek judge and archeologist who briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Greece from 4 April 1946 to 18 April 1946.{{Cite book |last=Featherstone |first=K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UCKBDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA246 |title=The Last Ottomans: The Muslim Minority of Greece 1940–1949 |last2=Papadimitriou |first2=D. |last3=Mamarelis |first3=A. |last4=Niarchos |first4=G. |date=2011|publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-29465-3 |page=246 |language=en}} He was born in Geraki, Laconia on 9 September 1881.Michail Stamatelatos, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου. Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece). Athens: Hermes, 2001.[https://karitsa.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=karitsa&view=0&subview=0&pid=7234&g=1 Family Trees of Southern Parnon ]

As President of the Council of State, he took the premiership of an interim government from 4 to 18 April 1946 after the troubled 31 March 1946 elections, which were simultaneous with the reigniting of the Greek Civil War.

In 1947, he became a member of the Archaeological Society of Athens and of the Academy of Athens, of which he was elected president in 1954.[http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=436&nt=18&lang=2 Ordinary Members of the Academy of Athens in order of selection] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721074705/http://www.academyofathens.gr/ecPage.asp?id=436&nt=18&lang=2 |date=21 July 2011 }}, Website of the Academy of Athens

He died in Athens on 16 January 1968 at the age of 86.{{Cite book |last=Lentz |first=Harris M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D6HKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA328 |title=Heads of States and Governments Since 1945 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-26490-2 |page=328 |language=en}}

He was the maternal grandfather of the famous author and playboy Taki Theodoracopulos.{{cite web|title=Not Fit To Print|url=http://www.newschoolfreepress.com/2012/10/24/not-fit-to-print/|website=newschoolfreepress.com|date=24 October 2012|publisher=The New School Free Press|access-date=20 May 2015}}