Athanasios Frontistis

Athanasios Frontistis (Greek: Αθανάσιος Φροντιστής, 1900–1979) was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of Lieutenant General, and held the post of Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff.

He was also elected twice as an MP with the National Radical Union, and served briefly as Minister for Communications in April 1967.

Born in Skiathos in 1900, Athanasios Frontistis entered the Hellenic Army Academy and was commissioned an officer in 1922.

During the Axis occupation of Greece, he was a member of the Panhellenic Liberation Organization.

[2] He died in January 1979 and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens.