Petros Kokkalis

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Petros Kokkalis

Secretary of Health and Social Welfare in the Provisional Democratic Government
In office 1947–1949

Personal details
Born	(1896-09-18)September 18, 1896 Livadeia, Greece
Died	January 15, 1962(1962-01-15) (aged 65) East Berlin, German Democratic Republic
Political party	Communist Party of Greece
Spouse	Niki Kouletsi
Children	Socrates Kokkalis Avgi-Polyxeni Kokkalis
Parent(s)	Socrates Kokkalis (1856–1944) Polyxeni Nakou (1866–1937)
Relatives	Petros S. Kokkalis (grandson)
Alma mater	University of Athens Humboldt University of Berlin
Occupation	Physician, surgeon, professor
Known for	Advances in thoracic surgery; pioneering heart and lung transplantation

Professor Petros Kokkalis (Greek: Πέτρος Κόκκαλης, 18 September 1896 – 15 January 1962) was a distinguished professor of Medicine in the University of Athens has been one of the leading figures of Medicine in pre WWII Greece, introducing pioneering methods in thoracic surgery and neurosurgery. His main medical achievements include the introduction of thoracoplasty in Greece and removal of the phrenic nerve for the treatment of tuberculosis, as well as the first pneumonectomy with the Tourniquet method and the first pericardiectomy for the release of compressive pericarditis.^[1]^[2]

References

^ Petros S. Kokkalis ( 18. 9. 1896 - 15. 1. 1962 )
^ Ο κόκκινος Κόκκαλης

Mountain Government

Ideas

Socialism
Communism
Republicanism
Anti-fascism
Anti-Revisionism
Left-wing nationalism

Organizations

National Liberation Front
Workers' National Liberation Front
Greek People's Liberation Army
Greek People's Liberation Navy
EPON
National Solidarity (Greece)
OPLA
National Council

People

Evripidis Bakirtzis (1st Chairman of the PEEA, Deputy President of the Cabinet and Secretary for the Food during Svolos's leadership)
Alexandros Svolos (2nd Chairman of the PEEA)
Georgios Siantos (Secretary for the Interior and General Secretary of the KKE)
Ilias Tsirimokos (Secretary for Justice)
Manolis Mantakas (Secretary for Military Affairs)
Nikolaos Askoutsis [el] (Secretary for Transport)
Angelos Angelopoulos [el] (Secretary for Finance)
Petros Kokkalis (Secretary for Social Welfare)
Kostas Gavriilidis (Secretary for Agriculture and leader of the Agrarian Party of Greece)
Stamatis Hatzibeis (Secretary for National Economy)
Major General Stefanos Sarafis (Chief military officer of the ELAS)
Aris Velouchiotis (Chief captain of the ELAS)
Andreas Tzimas (Chief political supervisor of the ELAS)
Dimitris Glinos (Secretary for Education)
Neokosmos Grigoriadis (Chairman of the National Council)