Career
He was also elected twice as an Member of Parliament with the National Radical Union, and served briefly as Minister for Communications in April 1967. Born in Skiathos in 1900, Athanasios Frontistis entered the Hellenic Army Academy and was commissioned an officer in 1922. He fought in the Asia Minor Campaign, the Greco-Italian War, and the Greek Civil War.
In 1959-1962, with the rank of Lieutenant
General, he served as Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff. After retirement, he was elected an Member of Parliament for Magnesia Prefecture with the right-wing National Radical Union in the 1963 and 1964 elections.
He also served as Minister of Communications in the caretaker cabinet of Panagiotis Kanellopoulos in April 1967, that was abolished by the coup d"état of 21 April 1967. He died in January 1979 and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens.