Andreas Tzimas | |
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Born | |
Died | 1 December 1972 | (aged 63)
Other names | Vasilis Samariniotis (nom de guerre) |
Political party | Communist Party of Greece |
Andreas Tzimas (Greek: Ανδρέας Τζήμας; Kastoria, 1 September 1909[1] – Prague, 1 December 1972), known also under his World War II-era nom de guerre of Vasilis Samariniotis (Βασίλης Σαμαρινιώτης), was a leading Greek Communist politician, best known as one of the leading triumvirate of the Greek People's Liberation Army during the Axis occupation of Greece. After the war, he fell into disfavour and died in obscurity in exile in Prague.[2][3]