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{{Infobox Soldier
| name          = Ioannis Tsangaridis
| native_name   = Ιωάννης Τσαγγαρίδης
| image         = File:MUSEUM-TSANGARIDIS.jpg
| caption       = A photo of Tsagaridis in the [[War Museum of Athens]].
| birth_date    = c. 1887
| death_date    = 31 March 1939
| birth_place   = [[Lapithos]], [[British Cyprus]] (now [[Republic of Cyprus]])
| death_place   = [[Ikaria]], [[Kingdom of Greece]]
| allegiance    = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]]<br>{{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[Second Hellenic Republic]]
| branch        = {{army|Greece}}
| serviceyears  = 1904-1908 ([[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]])<br>1908-1936 (Hellenic Army)
| rank          = [[File:GR-Army-OF7-1912.svg|15px]] [[Major General]]
| battles       = {{tree list}}
*[[Macedonian Struggle]]
*[[Balkan Wars]]
**[[First Balkan War]]
**[[Second Balkan War]]
*[[World War I]]
**[[Macedonian front]]
*[[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]
**[[Battle of the Sakarya]]{{WIA}}
{{tree list/end}}
| awards        = [[File:Order of the Redeemer Ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Order of the Redeemer]]<br>[[File:GRE Order of George I - Commander BAR.png|30px]] Commander of the [[Order of George I]]<br>[[File:GRE Commander's Medal of Valour ribbon.svg|30px]] Gold [[Cross of Valour (Greece)|Cross of Valour]]<br>[[File:GRE War Cross 1940 ribbon.svg|30px]] [[War Cross (Greece)|War Cross]] (1916-17 variant)<br>[[File:Greek Medal of Military merit ribbon.png|30px]] [[Medal of Military Merit (Greece)|Medal of Military Merit]]<br>[[File:St.AlexanderOrder-ribbon.svg|30px]] Grand Officer Cross of the [[Order of Saint Alexander (Bulgaria)|Order of Saint Alexander]]<br>[[File:Ordre de la Couronne de Yougoslavie (Royaume).png|30px]] [[Order of the Yugoslav Crown]]<br>[[File:HUN Order of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (military) 4class BAR.svg|30px]] Officer of the [[Hungarian Order of Merit]]
}}
'''Ioannis Tsangaridis''' ({{langx|el|Ιωάννης Τσαγγαρίδης}}; 1887–1939) was a [[Greek Cypriots|Greek Cypriot]] General of the [[Greek Army|Hellenic Army]].

He was born in [[Lapithos]] in then [[British Cyprus|British-ruled]] [[Cyprus]], to Christophis Tsangaridis, in 1887.<ref name="Lapithos">{{cite web | url = http://www.lapithos.org.cy/default.aspx?articleID=3551 | title = Λαπηθιώτες | publisher = Municipality of Lapithos | accessdate = 18 November 2014 | language = Greek | archive-date = 22 June 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190622005322/https://www.lapithos.org.cy/default.aspx?articleID=3551 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 1904 he went to [[Athens]] for studies in chemistry, but quickly abandoned them and volunteered for the armed bands of the [[Macedonian Struggle]] (1904–08).<ref name="Lapithos" /> On his return he enlisted in the [[Greek Army|Hellenic Army]], and, after studies at the NCO School, was commissioned as a cavalry officer. 

He took part in the [[Balkan Wars]], [[World War I]], and the subsequent [[Asia Minor Campaign]] that followed. He distinguished himself at the [[Battle of Sakarya|Battle of the Sakarya]] where he was heavily wounded in August 1921, forcing him to take an extended leave.<ref name="Lapithos" /> Promoted to [[Major General]] in 1935, he disagreed with the establishment of the dictatorial [[Metaxas Regime]] in 1936, leading to his internal exile in [[Sifnos]] and [[Ikaria]].<ref name="Lapithos" /> His lingering wounds, coupled with the hardships of exile, led to his death on 31 March 1939.<ref name="Lapithos" />

His brother Theofanis (1895–1962) took part in the [[1931 Cyprus revolt]] and was exiled, going to Athens where he became president of the Cypriot community, while the youngest brother, Odysseas, became an architect in his home town of Lapithos.<ref name="Lapithos"/>

His diary has been published in 1987 by the ''Estia'' bookshop as ''Το ημερολόγιο ενός στρατηγού: Σελίδες νεοελληνικής ιστορίας'' ("The Diary of a General: Pages of Modern Greek History").

== References ==
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