Andronikos Paikos

Andronikos Paikos Ανδρόνικος Πάικος
Born	1796 or 1799
Died	January 22, 1880[1] Athens
Nationality	Greek Macedonian

Andronikos Paikos (

, university professor, politician, representative in two national assemblies, and minister in three governments.

Biography

Paikos was born in Thessaloniki in 1796 or 1799, the scion of a wealthy family. At the time of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, he was studying law at the University of Padua. He immediately gathered whatever funds he could, purchased guns and ammunition, hired a ship and sailed for Greece, arriving at Kalamata in November 1821. Over the following years, he participated in several battles of the War of Independence, being promoted to the rank of captain. After the arrival of Ioannis Kapodistrias as the first Governor of independent Greece, he left to complete his studies in Western Europe.

He was elected a representative in the

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He was elected as a representative to the First National Assembly of 1843 and later became again Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Antonios Kriezis, serving from 1851 to 1854. He died in Athens on January 22, 1880.

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• The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)