Konstantinos Koumoundouros
Konstantinos Koumoundouros | |
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Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος | |
Minister of Military Affairs | |
In office 14 April 1899 – 25 November 1901 | |
Monarch | George I |
Prime Minister | Georgios Theotokis |
Minister of Naval Affairs | |
In office 1890–1892 | |
Monarch | George I |
Prime Minister | Theodoros Diligiannis |
Member of Parliament for Messenia | |
In office 1879–1922 | |
Monarchs | George I Constantine I Alexander |
Prime Minister | Alexandros 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 | Lieutenant General | 20 November 1846
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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]
References
- ^ "Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Original: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος)". Sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ ISBN 978-960-6757-16-7.
- ^ 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.
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