Emmanouil Zymvrakakis (army general)

Emmanouil Zymvrakakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ζυμβρακάκης, 1858–1928) was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general, and was distinguished in World War I.

In 1897, he volunteered for and fought in the Cretan Revolt in the Greek expeditionary corps under Colonel Timoleon Vassos.

[2] He later became an active member of the Military League, and it was he who suggested, following the Goudi coup, to call upon the Cretan Eleftherios Venizelos to come to Greece.

[2] He was then promoted to major general and appointed commander of the newly raised 11th Infantry Division at Thessaloniki in late 1913.

[2] Subsequently, he was tasked with the occupation of Western and Eastern Thrace, territories that had been ceded to Greece from Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire respectively.