Of Arvanite origin, and Albanian-speaking at home[1][2] Emmanouil Repoulis was born in 1863 in Kranidi, Argolis.

After attending primary and secondary education, he enrolled in the Law School of the University of Athens and engaged in journalism.

After a year, he became the editor-in-chief of the other well-known newspaper, Akropolis and together with Vlasis Gavriilidis they broadened their horizons to the industrial and commercial issues of the country.

Repoulis was the first journalist who criticised through his articles the transactional politics of the day, the 'Old-Party System', the violence of the gendarmes, the militarism, the deviations of the pro-royal officers and in general the problems of the time.

In 1905, he was again elected a member of parliament, but was almost immediately expelled from the party of Theotokis and joined the so-called 'Japanese Group', which had a reforming program.

Repoulis, then deputy prime minister, ordered the arrest and imprisonment of all those threatened, while assigning their protection to a strong guard.

When the united anti-Venizelist opposition won the November 1920 elections, Repoulis' moderation was blamed by some for the defeat of the Liberals.