Pavlos Kountouriotis | |
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Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis
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President of Greece | |
In office 24 August 1926 – 10 December 1929 |
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Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
Succeeded by | Alexandros Zaimis |
In office 25 March 1924 – 6 April 1926 |
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Prime Minister | |
Succeeded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
Regent of Greece | |
In office 28 October 1920 – 17 November 1920 |
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Monarch | Vacant |
Succeeded by | Queen Mother Olga |
Minister of the Navy | |
In office 24 September 1915 – 9 June 1916 |
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Prime Minister |
Alexandros Zaimis Stephanos Skouloudis |
Preceded by | Athanasios N. Miaoulis |
Succeeded by | Konstantinos Kallaris |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hydra Island, Greece |
April 9, 1855
Died | August 22, 1935 Athens, Greece |
(aged 80)
Political party | Independent (Venizelist) |
Spouse(s) |
Angeliki Petrokokkinou (m. 1889; her d. 1903) Helen Koupas (m. 1918; his d. 1935) |
Children | Theodoros Despoina Lucia |
Profession | Naval officer |
Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Kingdom of Greece |
Service/branch | Hellenic Navy |
Years of service | 1875–1917 |
Rank | Návarchos (Admiral) |
Battles/wars |
Greco-Turkish War Balkan Wars |
Pavlos Kountouriotis (Greek: Παύλος Κουντουριώτης, 9 April 1855 – 22 August 1935) was a Greek rear admiral during the Balkan Wars, regent, and the first and third President of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Pávlos Kountouriotis was born on the island of Hydra to Theodoros Kountouriotis, Consul and Member of the Greek Parliament and Loukia Negreponte. From his father's side daughter of he descented from the Kountouriotis, a Hydriot family of Arvanite origin originally from the village of Kountoura, in the Megarid and was grandson of Geórgios a shipowner who took part as many members of the family in the Greek War of Independence and who served as Prime Minister of Greece under King Otto. From his mother's side he was descended from the Negreponte family, a prominent family from Chios and was great-grandson of Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia. He was the second of nine children, including Ioannis Kountouriotis. Little is known of Pávlos' childhood. In 1875, following his family's long-standing naval tradition, he joined the Royal Hellenic Navy, presumably in the rank of Ensign. .