Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis

Medal record
Men's Fencing
Representing Greece
Olympic Games

Perikis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
Perikis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis
Περικλής Πιερράκος Μαυρομιχάλης
	P. Pierrakos-Mavromichalis c. 1922
Senator
	In office; 1929
President	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Prime Minister	Eleftherios Venizelos
Minister of Military Affairs
	In office; 1924
President	Pavlos Kountouriotis
Prime Minister	Eleftherios Venizelos; Georgios Kafantaris; Alexandros Papanastasiou; Themistoklis Sofoulis; Andreas Michalakopoulos
Minister of the Interior
	In office; 1922–1923
Monarch	George II
Prime Minister	Nikolaos Triantafyllakos; Anastasios Charalambis; Sotirios Krokidas; Stylianos Gonatas
Personal details
Born	1863; Mani, Kingdom of Greece
Died	1938; Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Relations	Antonios Mavromichalis (father); Petrobey Mavromichalis (uncle); Konstantinos Mavromichalis (uncle); Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis (uncle); Georgios Mavromichalis (cousin); Demetrios Mavromichalis (cousin); Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis (nephew)
Alma mater	Hellenic Army Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service	Hellenic Army
Years of service	?-1922
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Greco-Turkish War (1897); Balkan Wars First Balkan War; Second Balkan War; ; World War I Macedonian front; ; Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922);

Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis (Greek: Περικλής Πιερράκος Μαυρομιχάλης; 1863–1938), also known as Mavromichalis-Pierrakos, was a Greek military officer and politician.^[1]

Biography

He was the son of general Antonios Mavromichalis, of the famed Maniot Pierrakos (Mavromichalis) clan. He became an officer in the Hellenic Army, fighting in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, the Balkan Wars, World War I (as Lt Colonel) and later in the Asia Minor Campaign, reaching the rank of Lt General. After retirement, he entered politics, serving as Interior Minister in 1922–1923 and Minister for Military Affairs in 1924. He was subsequently elected into the Greek Senate in 1929. When asked why he had the surname Pierrakos and used Mavromichalis as a nickname, he replied; because he wanted to keep the heritage of his forefathers who fought and die in order for him to live, and the most famous of his forefathers was Petrobey Mavromichalis (whose real name was Petros Pierrakos)^{[citation needed]}.

Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis also competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.^[2]

Pierrakos-Mavromichalis won the bronze medal in the amateur foil event. In the preliminary round, he went 2-1 in his group. He lost to Henri Callot, the eventual silver medallist, but defeated Henri Delaborde and Ioannis Poulos to finish second in the group. There was no match between him and Athanasios Vouros, who had placed second in the other group; Pierrakos-Mavromichalis was awarded third place because his record of 2-1 in matches was better than Vouros's 1-1.

References

^ "Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromikhalis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2010.