National Leader and Revolutionary Reformist. Born in Ithaki on 12 Apr 1871 and assassinated by the British in Kifissia, Athens on 29 Jan 1941. Founder of the "4th August 1936" National Renaissance. Prime Minister of Greece between 4 August 1936 to 29 January 1941.

His service to the Nation and its people is unique. Social reforms include 8 hours per day work, Sunday off, termination of child labour, establishment of the Social Security Fund (IKA), rendering of annual leave as an obligation for all employers, introduction of 1st May as Labour day for the first time, obligatory arbitration between employer and employees, establishment of minimum wages and salaries and numerous others. As a military leader Metaxas prepared the nation's defence which for years the corrupted parlementary democracy had neglected. The war preparation and the construction of the famous "Metaxas line" in the northern frontiers, (constructed entirely with national funds and designed by Greek military engineers) resulted to the defeat of fascist Italian armies in October 1940 and the halt of the Wermacht in April 1941. The defeat of Germany in Soviet Union is greately attributed to the effective resistance of Greece and to its war preparation by Metaxas. Metaxas was assasinated by the British just prior to their invasion of Greece. His assasination was the result of his neutrality policy, determination not to have British troops in Greece and thus to avoid any involvement in WW II. This was absolutely possible taking into account the defeat of Italy and push of its armies well beyond the 1940 frontiers and the absence of any German plans to take action in the southern Balkans and the Aegean. All state records and archives from that era prove this fact. Britain although in extremely difficult situation in the North African front and with the victorious Wermacht threatening to reach Egypt, could hardly afford sending any troops to Greece, squadrons of RAF or soldiers from the colonies. Nevertheless a minute expeditionary force of few thousand soldiers and few aircraft forcefuly landed to Greece after the assasination of Metaxas. The British invasion and consequent threat to oil-fields of Ploesti (Romania) which were under Nazi German control and Wermacht preparations for invasion to Soviet Union (operation Barbarosa) resulted into German invasion (operation Marita) and brutal triple occupation of Greece (Germany, Bulgaria and Italy) for 4 years. For its loyalty to the victorious allies, Greece was rewarded with additional five years of guerrila war (1944 - 1949) and loss of its homelands in Northern Epirus and Cyprus.