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.

Konstantinos Koumoundouros
Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος
Konstantinos Koumoundouros in uniform
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
1908–1909
MonarchGeorge I
Prime MinisterGeorgios Theotokis
Minister of Military Affairs
In office
14 April 1899 – 25 November 1901
MonarchGeorge I
Prime MinisterGeorgios Theotokis
Minister of Naval Affairs
In office
1890–1892
MonarchGeorge I
Prime MinisterTheodoros Diligiannis
Member of Parliament
for Messenia
In office
1879–1922
MonarchsGeorge I
Constantine I
Alexander
Prime MinisterAlexandros Koumoundouros
Charilaos Trikoupis
Theodoros Diligiannis
Dimitrios Valvis
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos
Sotirios Sotiropoulos
Nikolaos Deligiannis
Dimitrios Rallis
Alexandros Zaimis
Georgios Theotokis
Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis
Stefanos Dragoumis
Eleftherios Venizelos
Dimitrios Gounaris
Stefanos Skouloudis
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
Spyridon Lambros
Nikolaos Stratos
Petros Protopapadakis
Nikolaos Triantafyllakos
Anastasios Charalambis
Sotirios Krokidas
Personal details
Born(1846-11-20)20 November 1846
Oitylo or Kalamata, Kingdom of Greece
Died26 January 1924(1924-01-26) (aged 78)
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Resting placeFirst Cemetery of Athens
ParentAlexandros Koumoundouros
Alma materHellenic Army Academy
Military service
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service Hellenic Army
Years of service1871–1908
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/wars

Biography

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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]

He died at Athens in 1924.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Original: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος)". Sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)