Konstantinos Koumoundouros

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Konstantinos Koumoundouros
Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος
Minister of Military Affairs
In office
14 April 1899 – 25 November 1901
MonarchGeorge I
Prime MinisterGeorgios Theotokis
Minister of Naval Affairs
In office
1890–1892
MonarchGeorge I
Prime MinisterTheodoros Diligiannis
Member of Parliament
for Messenia
In office
1879–1922
MonarchsGeorge I
Constantine I
Alexander
Prime MinisterAlexandros Koumoundouros
Charilaos Trikoupis
Theodoros Diligiannis
Dimitrios Valvis
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos
Sotirios Sotiropoulos
Nikolaos Deligiannis
Dimitrios Rallis
Alexandros Zaimis
Georgios Theotokis
Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis
Stefanos Dragoumis
Eleftherios Venizelos
Dimitrios Gounaris
Stefanos Skouloudis
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
Spyridon Lambros
Nikolaos Stratos
Petros Protopapadakis
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos
Anastasios Charalambis
Sotirios Krokidas
Personal details
Born(1846-11-20)20 November 1846
Lieutenant General
Battles/wars
  • Greco-Turkish War of 1897
    • Battle of Pente Pigadia

Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος; 20 November 1846 – 26 January 1924)[1] was an officer in the Hellenic Army as well as a politician.

Biography

Konstantinos Koumoundouros was born at

Theodoros Deligiannis, under whom he served as Minister for Naval Affairs in 1890–92, Koumoundouros quarrelled with Deligiannis and went over to his rival, Charilaos Trikoupis.[2]

In the

Greco-Turkish War of 1897, Deligiannis, with the rank of major, commanded a battalion in the Epirus front, and was defeated at the Battle of Pente Pigadia, losing a fifth of his troops.[3] In 1899, he was appointed Minister of Military Affairs in Georgios Theotokis' cabinet. His last political office was as Speaker of the 18th Parliament in the 1908–1909 term.[2] Koumoundouros was discharged from the Army in 1908, with the rank of lieutenant general.[3]

He died at Athens in 1924.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Original: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος)". Sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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  3. ^ a b c d Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαιδεία. Τόμος Δ′: Καβάδης – Μωριάς [Great Military and Naval Encyclopedia. Volume IV] (in Greek). Athens. 1929. p. 210.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)