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  1. 1870-1941. Greek soldier and politician, born
  2. in Ithaca. He restored George II (1890-1947)
  3. as king of Greece, under whom he established
  4. a dictatorship as prime minister from 1936,
  5. and introduced several necessary economic and
  6. military reforms. He led resistance to the
  7. Italian invasion of Greece in 1941, refusing
  8. to abandon Greece's neutral position.
  9.