Anastasios Charalambis

Anastasios Charalambis (; 22 September 1862 – 11 March 1949) was a Greek Lieutenant General and interim Prime Minister of Greece for one day in 1922. Before retiring from the Army in 1918, Charalambis commanded the II Army Corps. He was previously an officer in the 6th and 1st Infantry Division serving during the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, the Second Balkan War, and the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

Military service Anastasios Charalambis was born in Kalavryta on 22 September 1862. After studying in the Hellenic Military Academy, he was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant of Cavalry on 25 July 1884. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1888 and captain in 1895, and fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

He was again promoted to major in 1908, lieutenant colonel in 1910 and colonel in 1913. During the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, he served as Chief of Staff of the 1st Infantry Division in Macedonia, then of the 6th Infantry Division in the operations in Epirus, before returning to the 1st Division for the operations against the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the Second Balkan War. After Krokidas arrived, he assumed the posts of Prime Minister and Interior Minister, while Charalambis remained Minister for Military Affairs until the cabinet's resignation on 14 November 1922.

Council chairman He was recalled from retirement in 1927 to serve as chairman of the military council for the re-admission of officers purged for political reasons over the previous years. Charalambis died on 11 March 1949.