{{Short description|Greek Army officer (1879–1943)}} {{Infobox military person | name = Efthymios Tsimikalis | native_name = Ευθύμιος Τσιμικάλης | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 17 June 1879{{Greece Old Style dating}} | death_date = {{circa}} 1943 | birth_place = [[Agrinio]], [[Kingdom of Greece]] | death_place = [[Hellenic State]] | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|display=inline,title}} --> | allegiance = * {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] * {{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[Provisional Government of National Defence]] * {{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[Second Hellenic Republic]] | branch = {{army|Greece}} | service_years = 1900–1921<br>1922–1925<br>1926–1933 | rank = [[File:GR-Army-OF8-1912.svg|15px]] [[Lieutenant General]] | commands = [[Crete Division]]<br>[[10th Infantry Division (Greece)|10th Infantry Division]]<br>[[IV Army Corps (Greece)|IV Army Corps]] | battles = [[Balkan Wars]] *[[First Balkan War]] **[[Battle of Sarantaporo]] *[[Second Balkan War]] [[World War I]] *[[Macedonian front]] **[[Battle of Skra-di-Legen]] [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] | battles_label = Wars | awards = | alma_mater = [[Hellenic Military Academy]] | relations = | other_work = [[Minister for the Interior (Greece)|Minister for the Interior]]<br>[[Finance Minister (Greece)|Finance Minister]] | signature = }}'''Efthymios Tsimikalis''' ({{langx|el|Ευθύμιος Τσιμικάλης}}, 1879–1943) was a [[Hellenic Army]] officer who rose to the rank of [[lieutenant general]]. He was particularly notable for this role in [[World War I]] and in the politics of the [[interwar period]] in Greece.
== Life == Efthymios Tsimikalis was born on 17 June 1879 in [[Agrinio]]. He entered the [[Hellenic Army Academy|Hellenic Military Academy]], graduating on 16 July 1900 as an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant. He then continued his studies for two years in France.<ref name="Enc">{{cite book | title = Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαιδεία. Τόμος Στ′: Σαράντα Εκκλησίαι – Ώχρα |trans-title=Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia. Volume VI | location = Athens | year = 1930 | pages = 413–414}}</ref>
During the [[Balkan Wars]] of 1912–13 he served as company and battalion commander in the [[6th Infantry Regiment (Greece)|6th Infantry Regiment]], being wounded in the [[Battle of Sarantaporo]].<ref name="Enc"/> In August 1916 he joined [[Eleftherios Venizelos]]' [[Provisional Government of National Defence]] in [[Thessaloniki]], and was charged with the formation of the 5th Regiment of the new [[Archipelago Division]]. Tsimikalis led the regiment to the front in May 1917, and fought with distinction in the [[Macedonian front]], particularly in the [[Battle of Skra-di-Legen]] in May 1918, where the 5th Archipelago Regiment led the main assault on the Bulgarian positions.<ref name="Enc"/>
Following victory at Skra, he was posted as garrison commander of [[Athens]]. In September 1920 he assumed command of the [[Crete Division]], but following the [[1920 Greek legislative election|electoral defeat]] of Venizelos in November 1920 he was dismissed in February 1921 and placed on suspended service.<ref name="Enc"/> He was recalled to active service after the [[September 1922 Revolution]], and commanded the [[10th Infantry Division (Greece)|10th Infantry Division]] in the [[Army of the Evros]] (1922–23) and the [[IV Army Corps (Greece)|IV Army Corps]] until 1925, when he was again suspended.<ref name="Enc"/> Recalled to active service after the end of the dictatorship of [[Theodoros Pangalos (general)|Theodoros Pangalos]], he held various corps and higher commands thereafter.
In March 1933 he was a member of the emergency "Government of the Lieutenant Generals" under [[Alexandros Othonaios]], that assumed power to counter the [[1933 Greek coup d'état attempt|abortive coup attempt]] led by [[Nikolaos Plastiras]]. He held the posts of [[Minister for the Interior (Greece)|Minister for the Interior]] (6–10 March) and [[Finance Minister (Greece)|Finance Minister]] (6–7 March).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1000 | title = Κυβέρνησις ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ ΟΘΩΝΑΙΟΥ - Από 6.3.1933 έως 10.3.1933 | publisher=General Secretariat of the Government | language=el | access-date=16 February 2015}}</ref>
He died in 1943.
A street is named in his honour in his home town of Agrinio.
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before=[[Georgios Maris]]}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Minister for the Interior (Greece)|Minister for the Interior]] of [[Greece]]| years=6–10 March 1933}} {{s-aft | after= [[Ioannis Metaxas]]}} {{s-bef | before=[[Georgios Kafantaris]]}} {{s-ttl | title= [[Minister for Finance (Greece)|Minister for Finance]] of [[Greece]]| years=6–7 March 1933}} {{s-aft | after= [[Alexandros Koryzis]]}} {{s-end}}
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