Alexandros Koumoundouros

Alexandros Koumoundouros
19th Prime Minister of Greece
In office October 25, 1880 – March 15, 1882
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Charilaos Trikoupis
Succeeded by	Charilaos Trikoupis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office November 7, 1878 – March 22, 1880
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Charilaos Trikoupis
Succeeded by	Charilaos Trikoupis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office September 14, 1877 – November 2, 1878
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Konstantinos Kanaris
Succeeded by	Charilaos Trikoupis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office June 1, 1877 – June 7, 1877
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Succeeded by	Constantine Kanaris
Prime Minister of Greece
In office December 13, 1876 – March 10, 1877
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Succeeded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office October 27, 1875 – December 8, 1876
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Charilaos Trikoupis
Succeeded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office December 15, 1870 – November 9, 1871
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Succeeded by	Thrasivoulos Zaimis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office December 30, 1866 – January 1, 1868
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Dimitrios Voulgaris
Succeeded by	Aristeidis Moraitinis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office November 18, 1865 – November 25, 1865
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Dimitrios Voulgaris
Succeeded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Prime Minister of Greece
In office March 14, 1865 – November 1, 1865
Monarch	George I
Preceded by	Benizelos Rouphos
Succeeded by	Epameinondas Deligeorgis
Personal details
Born	1817 Mani, Ottoman Greece
Died	February 26, 1883(1883-02-26) Athens, Greece
Political party	Nationalist Party
Spouse(s)	Aikaterini Konstantinou G. Mavromichali Efthimia Georgiou Peroti
Children	Konstantinos, Maria, Spyridonas, Olga
Occupation	Lawyer
Religion	Orthodox Christian
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Alexandros Koumoundouros (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος, 1817 – 26 February 1883) was a Greek politician. Born in Kampos located in the Messenian side of the Mani Peninsula, he was the son of Spirìdonas-Galànis Koumoundoùros who was the Bey of the area during the last period of the administration of the region by the Ottoman Empire.

He was a political personality famous for his work towards national progress, his patriotism and unselfishness, despite his having been in office during a very unsettled period of Greek history.

After the Greek War of Independence, he moved to Nafplion where he went to school, then to Athens to study law.

In 1841, he took part in the revolution in Crete despite believing it was a lost cause—the conditions were not right for such an undertaking at that time.

Koumoundouros’ long career encompassed many facets of political life, including serving in parliament, authoring of legislation, promotion of a democratic regime, restoration of the army, distribution of national farms to landless farmers, and the approval of major construction work (such as the Isthmus of Corinth).

During his 50-year-long period of political involvement he tried to remain neutral, and to avoid confrontation both with the three Great Powers and with the smaller powers of that time. In this period he held various ministerial appointments eighteen times, was twice president of the Greek Parliament and ten times Prime Minister of Greece. Despite often experiencing inimical conditions, including at least three assassination attempts, he still managed to create a firm foundation for democracy in Greece.

Meanwhile, he was appointed as Public Prosecutor in the Tribunal of Kalamata, but he soon quit this position in order to become a politician. His first political distinction emerged in 1853 when he was elected deputy of the province of Messinia (the province of Kalamàta). Two years later he became President of the Greek Parliament, and the following year Minister of Economics.

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