he was appointed Chief of the General Staff. He served as Transport Minister (and interim Justice Minister for a day) in the interim government of Alexandros Othonaios in March 1933, formed in response of an abortive Venizelist coup. He then assumed the post of Inspector of the Infantry in the General Staff, until March 1935 when he was involved in another unsuccessful Venizelist coup attempt. Following the coup's suppression, he was dismissed from the Army. During the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II, Manetas was arrested by the Italians and imprisoned in concentration camps in Italy and Germany. He was elected a Member of the Greek Parliament in 1950 for Athens, and served as Minister for Supply and Distribution in the Nikolaos Plastiras cabinet. Manetas was unmarried, and died in 1960. References 1870s births 1960 deaths 20th-century Greek people Hellenic Army generals Chiefs of the Hellenic Army General Staff Greek military personnel of World War I Greek military personnel of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) People from Tripoli, Greece Ministers of Military Affairs of Greece Greek MPs 1950–1951 Greek prisoners and detainees Greek military personnel of the Russian Civil War 20th-century Greek military personnel Prisoners and detainees of Italy