KOUMOUNDOUROS, ALEXANDROS (18141883)

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KOUMOUNDOUROS, ALEXANDROS (18141883) , Greek statesman, whose name is commonly spelt Coumoundouros, was born in 1814. His studies at the university of Athens were repeatedly interrupted for lack of means, and he began to earn his living as a clerk. He took

part

PART

in the Cretan insurrection of 1841, and in the demonstration of 1843, by which the Greek constitution was obtained from King Otto, he was secretary to General Theodoraki Grivas. He then settled down to the bar at Kalamata in Messenia, where he married a lady belonging to the Mavromichalis family. He was elected to the chamber in 1851, and four years later his eloquence and ability had secured the president's chair for him. He became minister of finance in 1856, and again in 1857 and 1859. He adhered to the moderate wing of the Liberal party until the revolution of 1862 and the dethronement of King Otto, when he was minister of

justice

JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

in the provincial government. He was twice minister of the interior under Kanaris, in 1864 and in 1865. In

March

1865 he became prime minister, and he formed several subsequent administrations in the intervals of the ascendancy of Tricoupi. During the Cretan insurrection of 186668 he made active warlike preparations against Turkey, but was dismissed by King George, who recognized that

Greece

GREECE

could not act without the support of the

Powers

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

. He was again premier at the time of the outbreak
of the insurrection in Thessaly in January 1878, and supported by Delyanni as minister of foreign affairs he sent an army of 1o,000 men to help the insurgents against Turkey. The troops were recalled on the understanding that

Greece

GREECE

should be represented at the Congress of Berlin. In October 188o the fall of the Tricoupi

ministry

MINISTRY

restored him to power, when he resumed his warlike policy, but repeated appeals to the courts of Europe yielded little

practical

PRACTICAL

result, and Koumoundouros was obliged to reduce his territorial demands and to accept the limited cessions in Thessaly and

Epirus

EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

, which were carried out in July 1881. His

ministry

MINISTRY

was overturned in 1882 by the votes of the new Thessalian deputies, who were dissatisfied with the administrative arrangements of the new province, and he died at Athens on the 9th of

March

1883.

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