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Konstantinos Maniadakis

Κωνσταντίνος Μανιαδάκης
Security, intelligence and policing Greece state institutions Greece Greek 1893–1972 ○ Natural causes

Architect of the dictatorship's security apparatus

In 1940, the police deployed a counterfeit KKE leadership and forged Rizospastis to confuse the party's members.

A former Greek Army officer, Konstantinos Maniadakis was a central official of Ioannis Metaxas's 4th of August dictatorship, organizing its security state and anti-communist repression. He combined the Asfaleia's intelligence network with torture and island exile to break the KKE's public activity and disable much of its leadership. In 1940, the police created a counterfeit KKE leadership and forged edition of Rizospastis to confuse party members. After liberation, he converted anti-communism into political capital and served as a parliamentarian, while his responsibility under the dictatorship went largely unaccounted for.

Career timeline
  • 1916Graduated from the Military Academy as an engineering second lieutenant
  • 1919–1922Served in the Asia Minor campaign
  • 1923Discharged after participating in the Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup attempt
  • 1929Resigned from the army as a lieutenant colonel
  • 1936–1941Deputy Minister of Public Security under Metaxas, organizing the security system
  • 1941Deputy Minister of Public Security and Minister of the Interior under Koryzis and Tsouderos
  • 1941–1949Supervisor of Greek diplomatic missions in Argentina and Latin America
  • 1950–1964Right-wing member of parliament