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Grivas was born in Kato Tithorea in the region of Lokris . He studied law at the University of Athens and in 1954 he became a judge. In 1979 he was appointed to the "Areios Pagos"( Supreme Court of Greece for Civil and Criminal Cases). He became vice-president of the court in 1986 and president in 1989. He was a member of the court that tried the leaders of the 1967 military regime after its fall in 1974.
In 1987 Grivas was the president of the special court that tried a vice-minister of the government of Andreas Papandreou on corruption charges.
In 1989, when the Greek Parliament was deadlocked between the PASOK and New Democracy parties, the Constitution requiring that the President of one of Greece's Supreme Courts be appointed interim Prime Minister, Grivas agreed to head a caretaker government to preside over fresh elections. He took office on October 11, 1989. After the elections produced another deadlocked Parliament, he resigned on November 23, 1989, in favour of Xenophon ZolotasXenophon Euthymiou Zolotas ( March 26, 1904 June 11, 2004), an eminent Greek economist, served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece. Born in Athens in 1904, Zolotas studied economics at the University of Athens, and later studied in Leipzig an, who formed a non-party government. Grivas retired in 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo.
| Preceded by: Tzannis TzannetakisTzannis Tzannetakis (born September 13, 1927), Greek politician, was briefly Prime Minister of Greece during the political crisis of 1989- 1990. Tzannetakis was born in Gytheio in the region of Laconia in 1927. He served as a naval officer but resigned on | Prime Ministers of GreeceNote on Greek names There is no firm convention for the rendering of Greek personal names into English. Traditionally, Greek names were Romanised in spelling (thus, Sophoklis became Sophocles and Aiskhylos became Aeschylus), and also Anglicised in form (t | Followed by: Xenophon ZolotasXenophon Euthymiou Zolotas ( March 26, 1904 June 11, 2004), an eminent Greek economist, served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece. Born in Athens in 1904, Zolotas studied economics at the University of Athens, and later studied in Leipzig an |