The postwar village · Running the village
A lawyer from Myloi in Argos politics
20 June 1965 Proven
In a series on "our new politicians", the paper Argolika Nea writes that Dionysios Styl. Balaskas "was born in Myloi of Argos". He studied law in Athens, fought as a gunner on the Albanian front, practised as a lawyer in Argos, chaired the board of the Argos hospital and sat on the prefectural council for the Centre Union. As a young man he had been municipal secretary (1927).
- Where
- Myloi (the village), Argos
- Threads
- Running the village
- Certainty
- Proven confirmed by primary sources
Sources
- Αργολικά Νέα, 20-06-1965, σ. 2, «Νά τούς γνωρίσωμεν – ΟΙ ΝΕΟΙ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΥΤΑΙ ΜΑΣ» Open (opens in a new tab)
- Αγροτική Αργολίς, 17-07-1927 («ο γραμματεύς του δήμου Διον. Στυλ. Μπαλάσκας, εκ Μύλων») Open (opens in a new tab)
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