Georgios Bakos

Georgios Bakos (Greek: Γεώργιος Μπάκος, 1892–1945) was a Greek Army officer.

Georgios Bakos
Γεώργιος Μπάκος
Minister of National Defense of Greece
In office 30 April 1941 – 7 April 1943
Prime Minister	Georgios Tsolakoglou Konstantinos Logothetopoulos
Preceded by	Theodoras Panagakos
Succeeded by	Ioannis Rallis
Personal details
Born	Georgios Bakos 1892 Mani, Kingdom of Greece
Died	January 6, 1945 (aged 52)
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Second Hellenic Republic Hellenic State
Branch/service	Greek Army
Years of service	1919—1945
Rank	Major general
Battles/wars	Asia Minor Campaign Greco-Italian War World War II

Born in Mani in 1892, he became a career officer and fought in the Asia Minor Campaign. As a Major General, he commanded the 3rd Infantry Division in the Greco-Italian War of 1940–41.

After the German invasion of Greece and the Greek Army's capitulation, he served as Minister of National Defence in the collaborationist government set up by Lt. General Georgios Tsolakoglou on 30 April 1941, and retained the post under Tsolakoglou's successor Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, until the Logothetopoulos cabinet's resignation on 7 April 1943.[1] An ardent Germanophile, Bakos helped in the formation of ESPO and tried, without success, to raise a Greek volunteer unit to fight along the German Wehrmacht in the Eastern Front.[2]

After liberation he was arrested and placed in Averof prison in Athens waiting trial. During the Dekemvriana events, a group of EAM-ELAS guerrillas under officer Stavros Mavrothalassitis attacked the prison. Bakos was taken prisoner and after a court-martial was executed as a traitor on 6 January 1945.