Panos Koronaios

Panos Koronaios
Panos Koronaios
Πάνος Κορωναίος
	A photograph of Panos Koronaios at an advanced age
Minister of Military Affairs
	In office; June 1863 – July 1863
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Benizelos Roufos
	In office; April 1864 – March 1864
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Kanaris
Personal details
Born	1809; Lieutenant General
Commands	Head of Athens National Guard
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence Chios expedition; ; 23 October 1862 Revolution; Cretan revolt (1866-1869) Holocaust of Arkadi Monastery; ;

Panos Koronaios (

Cretan Revolt of 1866–1869

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He was born in Constantinople in 1809, to a family that hailed from Kythira and the Mani Peninsula. Following the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821, his family left the Ottoman capital and settled in Corfu.^[1] At the age of 17, Koronaios left Corfu and joined the small regular army of the Greek rebels. Under the command of Colonel Rodios, he fought in the failed Chios expedition of 1827–28.^[1]

When the

Hellenic Military Academy was established in 1828, he entered as one of the first students, and was commissioned the first Greek artillery officer with the rank of adjutant.^[1]

Due to his opposition to the authoritarian rule of

Minister of Military Affairs, and led his forces to victory after three days of fighting.^[1]

When the

Cretan Revolt of 1866–1869 broke out, he left Greece and joined the Cretan rebels, remaining on the island for about two years.^[1] After his return, he entered politics, being successively elected as a Member of Parliament for Attica in 1869, and Kythira in 1877 (replacing the deceased MP D. Raptakis), 1879, and 1887.^[3] In 1880, during the near-war with the Ottoman Empire, he was promoted to lieutenant general, and then retired from active duty.^[1]

He died at Athens in 1899.[1]

References

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^ Μητρώον πληρεξουσίων, γερουσιαστών και βουλευτών, 1822-1935 [Index of Plenipotentiaries, Senators and Members of Parliament, 1822-1935] (in Greek). Athens: Hellenic Parliament. 1986. p. 75.
^ Μητρώον πληρεξουσίων, γερουσιαστών και βουλευτών, 1822-1935 [Index of Plenipotentiaries, Senators and Members of Parliament, 1822-1935] (in Greek). Athens: Hellenic Parliament. 1986. pp. 122–123.

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[2] Μητρώον πληρεξουσίων, γερουσιαστών και βουλευτών, 1822-1935 [Index of Plenipotentiaries, Senators and Members of Parliament, 1822-1935] (in Greek). Athens: Hellenic Parliament. 1986. p. 75.

[3] Μητρώον πληρεξουσίων, γερουσιαστών και βουλευτών, 1822-1935 [Index of Plenipotentiaries, Senators and Members of Parliament, 1822-1935] (in Greek). Athens: Hellenic Parliament. 1986. pp. 122–123.

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