Panagiotis Poulitsas was a Greek

Greece

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 judge and archeologist. He was born in Geraki, Laconia

Laconia

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 in 1881.

As President of the Council of State

Council of State (Greece)

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, he took the premiership of an interim governement from 4 to 18 April 1946 after the troubled 31 March 1946 elections

Greek legislative election, 1946

These elections were marked by:* The marked abstention of voters, caused by the abstention of Communist Party of Greece, and the effects of the civil war , because of which many citizens either could not or chose not to vote....

, which were simultaneous with the reigniting of the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

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.

In 1947, he became a member of the Archaeological Society of Athens

Archaeological Society of Athens

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 and of the Academy of Athens

Academy of Athens (modern)

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, of which he was elected president in 1954.

He died in Athens

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οn 16 January 1968.
He was the maternal grandfather of the famous authorist and playboy Sir Takis.