Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras was a Greek

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 diplomat and thrice Minister for Foreign Affairs

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 of Greece.

Pavlos Oikonomou-Gouras descended from a wealthy family from the village of Goura, Corinthia

Goura, Corinthia

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 that had taken part in the Greek War of Independence

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. After studies in the University of Athens, he entered the Greek Diplomatic Corps in 1921. He served in various diplomatic posts in Iran

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, Portugal

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, Italy

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, Turkey

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, the United States

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, Brazil

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 and South Africa

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, as well as serving as Greece's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 1960–61.

He also served as Foreign Minister on the interim government of Stylianos Mavromichalis

Stylianos Mavromichalis

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 in 1963, in the 1966–1967 Ioannis Paraskevopoulos

Ioannis Paraskevopoulos

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 cabinet, and in the cabinet of Konstantinos Kollias

Konstantinos Kollias

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 following the establishment of the military junta on 21 April 1967, until his resignation on 3 November 1967.