Alexandros Hatzikyriakos

Alexandros Hatzikyriakos (; 1 January 1874 – 24 March 1956) was a Greek Navy officer who rose to the rank of rear admiral. He played a major role in the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic in 1924, and served thrice as Minister for Naval Affairs and two brief periods as Foreign Minister.

Life He was born in Ermoupoli, on the island of Syros, on 1 January 1874 to an old shipping family from Psara. His father, Nikolaos, was an industrialist, while his brother Andreas became a politician. He entered the Hellenic Navy Academy, and was commissioned as an Ensign in March 1899. after which he retired from active service with the rank of rear admiral. He served again as Minister for Naval Affairs in the 1933–35 Panagis Tsaldaris cabinet, resigning due to his failure to prevent the fleet's participation in the failed coup attempt on 1 March 1935. He then withdrew from public life, and died in Athens on 24 March 1956 at the age of 82.

Hatzikyriakos was married to Eleni Gika, and their son was the painter Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas.