after the balkan wars, when florina became part of greece, he studied jurisprudence in the university of athens and commerce in the academy of othon rousopoulos. he was elected continually for many years as a member of the hellenic parliament for the florina prefecture and served as prefect of florina. during the period 1932–33 he assumed the position of governor-general of epirus. during the axis occupation of greece, he was arrested by the germans and was imprisoned in the pavlou mela barracks in thessaloniki. after his release, he fled to the middle east where he joined the greek government in exile. in october 1944 he returned to greece and was appointed by georgios papandreou, as governor-general of macedonia. in 1950 he assumed the position of minister of the interior and in 1951 minister of education.