Aléxandros Koumoundhoúros

Aléxandros Koumoundhoúros (born 1814, Sélitsa, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece]—died February 1883, Athens, Greece) was a politician who was nine times prime minister of Greece between 1865 and 1882. He was known for his strong anti-Turkish policies. A native of the Peloponnese (Modern Greek: Pelopónnisos), Koumoundhoúros fought in the Cretan insurrection against the Turks (1841) and was elected to the Greek Chamber of Deputies in 1851, becoming its president in 1854. As a member of...