Nikolaos Politis was a Greek diplomat of the Interwar period. He was a professor of law by training, and prior to the First World War taught law at Paris University. He served as Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs on 1916-1920 and again in 1922. Also served as Greek representative to the League of Nations

League of Nations

The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace...

. In 1929 promoted a resolution at the League disarmament commission that enabled the commission to continue its work.

Served as member of the International Olympic Committee

International Olympic Committee

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 in 1930-1933.

In 1933 participated with Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs Maxim Litvinov

Maxim Litvinov

Maxim Maximovich Litvinov was a Russian revolutionary and prominent Soviet diplomat.- Early life and first exile :...

in formulating the definition of aggression.

In 1935 served as Minister Plenipotentiary in Paris, and in that capacity supported the restoration of the Greek monarchy.

Works (partial list)

• Les Emprunts d'Etat en Droit International (1894)
• "Le Problème des Limitations de la Souveraineté et de la Théorie de l’Abus des Droits dans les Rapports Internationaux", 6 RdC (1925)