Konstantinos Koumoundouros
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[edit]
Konstantinos Koumoundouros was born at Oitylo or Kalamata in 1846, the son of the politician and multiple Prime Minister of Greece, Alexandros Koumoundouros (1817–1883).[2][3] The younger Koumoundouros entered the Hellenic Army Academy, graduating in 1871 as an Ensign,[3] while following in parallel a political career, being elected mayor of Oitylo and entering the Hellenic Parliament as an MP for his native Messenia in 1879, being repeatedly re-elected until 1922. Initially a supporter of 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[edit]
- ^ "Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Original: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος)". Sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
- ^ a b c d Πρόεδροι της Βουλής και των Εθνοσυνελεύσεων, 1821–2008 [Presidents of Parliament and the National Assemblies, 1821–2008] (PDF) (in Greek). Hellenic Parliament Foundation for Parliamentarism and Democracy. 2009. pp. 310–312. 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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