Georgios Christakis-Zografos
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His Excellency Georgios Christakis-Zografos Γεώργιος Χρηστάκης-Ζωγράφος |
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| President of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus | |
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In office 28 February 1914 – 28 October 1914 |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece) | |
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In office 7 July 1909 – 15 August 1909 |
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In office 25 February 1915 – 10 August 1915 |
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8 March 1863 Paris, France |
| Died | 24 June 1920 (aged 57) Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater |
University of Paris Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Profession |
Jurist Member of Parliament Diplomat |
Georgios Christakis-Zografos (Greek: Γεώργιος Χρηστάκης-Ζωγράφος; 1863–1920) was a Greek politician, minister of foreign affairs and president of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus (1914).
He was the son of the entrepreneur and benefactor Christakis Zografos, from Qestorat, (Lunxhëri) in the Gjirokastër prefecture. Christakis-Zografos studied in Paris and in Munich law and political science. When he returned in Greece, he was involved in agricultural reforms especially according to the large fields his father possessed in Thessaly. During this period he supported the concept that the large feudal estates (called cifliks during the period) of the region should be expropriated and redistributed to those who owned no land. He sold to non-land owners much of his agricultural fields in extremely low prices.
In 1905, he was elected to the Greek Parliament for the Karditsa prefecture. In 1909, he served as Foreign Minister under Dimitrios Rallis. After the First Balkan War, he was appointed Governor General of newly liberated from the Greek Army Epirus region. Christakis-Zografos served as Governor General of Epirus from March 29 (March 16 OS), 1913 until December 31 (December 18 OS) of the same year.
When the Great Powers decided to award Northern Epirus to Albania, local Greeks formed a provisional government under Christakis-Zografos on February 28, 1914 and declared their autonomy the following day in Gjirokastër. Zografos sent a note to each of the representatives of the Great Powers explaining the eminent situation:
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