the king again dismissing him from office when he declined to resign. Delyanni kept his own seat at the election of 1899, but his following dwindled to small dimensions. He quickly recovered his influence, however, and he was again president of the council and minister of the interior when, on 13 June 1905, he was assassinated in revenge for the rigorous measures taken by him against gambling houses. His attacker, a professional gambler named Antonios Gherakaris, stabbed him with a dagger in the abdomen as he was entering the parliament. The incident took place at 5pm; an emergency operation failed to stop his internal bleeding and Diligiannis died at 7.30pm. Notes Sources Phantis Further reading Chatziioannou, Maria Christina. "Relations between the State and the Private Sphere: Speculation and Corruption in Nineteenth-century Greece. Mediterranean Historical Review, 1743-940X, Volume 23, Issue 1, 2008, pp. 1–14. 1820 births 1905 deaths 1905 murders in Greece 19th-century prime ministers of Greece 20th-century prime ministers of Greece Greek nationalists Eastern Orthodox Christians from Greece National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Foreign ministers of Greece Prime Ministers of Greece Assassinated Greek politicians Deaths by stabbing in Greece Greek people of the Greco-Turkish War (1897) History of Greece (1863–1909) Ambassadors of Greece to France Finance ministers of Greece Ministers of the Interior of Greece People from Langadia, Arcadia