Konstantinos Dovas

Konstantinos Dovas  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 Greek Military Academy. During the Greek Civil War between the government and the communist Democratic Army of Greece, he was 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. 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. He was born on December 20, 1898.