Markos Theodoridis

{{short description|Greek politician}}{{Infobox Soldier | name = Markos Theodoridis | native_name = Μάρκος Θεοδωρίδης | image = Petros Sindikas (1) Markos Theodoridis (3).jpg | caption = Markos Theodoridis at the far right. | birth_date = c. 1872 | death_date = 4 July 1952 | birth_place = [[Serres]], [[Salonika Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Greece]]) | death_place = [[Kingdom of Greece]] | allegiance = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = {{flagicon image|Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg}} [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]] | battles = [[Macedonian Struggle]] | spouse = Eleni Roumpen Giarmolinski | other_work = Member of the [[People's Party (Greece)|Peoples Party]]<br>[[Member of Parliament|MP]] for [[Thessaloniki]]<br>Minister of Hospitalisation<br>Minister of Agriculture<br>Foreign Minister }}

'''Markos Theodoridis''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Μάρκος Θεοδωρίδης, 1872 – 1952) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] lawyer and politician. He served as a member of parliament for the Thessaloniki constituency and as a minister.

== Biography == He was born in [[Serres]] and he studied law. He worked as a lawyer. He fought in the [[Macedonian Struggle]] and cooperated with the Consul-General [[Lambros Koromilas|Koromilas]] and other officials.<ref name="koukounas">Dimostheni Koukouna, Οι Έλληνες πολιτικοί 1926-1949, Metron publications 1999, p. 74.</ref> He was elected as member of parliament for Thessaloniki in [[1920 Greek legislative election|1920]], [[1926 Greek legislative election|1926]], [[1935 Greek legislative election|1935]] and [[1936 Greek legislative election|1936]], with the [[People's Party (Greece)|People's Party]].<ref>[http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/1822-1935.pdf Μητρώο πληρεξουσίων, γερουσιαστών και βουλευτών 1822-1935], Athens 1986, Hellenic Parliament, p. 109 (num. 519)</ref> He married την ''Eleni Roumpen Giarmolinski'' in 1907, a widow with four children.<ref>''[https://greekarchivesinventory.gak.gr/index.php/u-1875] Giarmolinski family''</ref>

He served as minister of Hospitalisation in the [[Dimitrios Gounaris|Gounaris]] government from 2 March 1922 to 3 May 1922<ref>{{Cite web|title="Κυβέρνησις Δημητρίου Γούναρη Από 2.3.1922 έως 3.5.1922"|url=http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=911|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111504/http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=911|archive-date=2015-04-02|access-date=2015-12-09|publisher=Γενική Γραμματεία της Κυβέρνησης}}</ref> and in the [[Petros Protopapadakis|Protopapadakis]] government from 9 May 1922 to 28 August 1922.<ref>{{Cite web|title="Κυβέρνησις Πέτρου Πρωτοπαπαδάκη Από 9.5.1922 έως 28.8.1922"|url=http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=918|access-date=2015-12-09|publisher=Γενική Γραμματεία της Κυβέρνησης}}</ref> In the [[Panagis Tsaldaris|Tsaldaris]] government he served as Agriculture minister from 19 July 1935 to 10 October 1935,<ref>{{Cite web|title="Κυβέρνησις Παναγή Τσαλδάρη, Από 10.3.1933 έως 10.10.1935"|url=http://www.ggk.gov.gr/?p=1003|access-date=2015-12-09|publisher=Γενική Γραμματεία της Κυβέρνησης}}</ref> and temporarily as Foreign minister.

He died on 4 July 1952.

== References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Theodoridis, Markos}} [[Category:Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle]] [[Category:Foreign ministers of Greece]] [[Category:Agriculture ministers of Greece]] [[Category:MPs of Thessaloniki]] [[Category:People from Serres]] [[Category:Greek MPs 1920–1922]] [[Category:Greek MPs 1926–1928]] [[Category:Greek MPs 1935–1936]] [[Category:Greek MPs 1936]] [[Category:Greeks from the Ottoman Empire]] [[Category:Greek Macedonians]] [[Category:1872 births]] [[Category:1952 deaths]]