Konstantinos Koumoundouros

Konstantinos Koumoundouros
Konstantinos Koumoundouros
Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος
	Konstantinos Koumoundouros in uniform
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
	In office; 1908–1909
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Georgios Theotokis
Minister of Military Affairs
	In office; 14 April 1899 – 25 November 1901
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Georgios Theotokis
Minister of Naval Affairs
	In office; 1890–1892
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Theodoros Diligiannis
Member of Parliament; for Messenia
	In office; 1879–1922
Monarchs	George I; Constantine I; Alexander
Prime Minister	Alexandros 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	20 November 1846; Oitylo or Kalamata, Kingdom of Greece
Died	26 January 1924 (aged 78); Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Resting place	First Cemetery of Athens
Parent	Alexandros Koumoundouros
Alma mater	Hellenic Army Academy
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1871–1908
Rank	Lieutenant General
Battles/wars	Greco-Turkish War of 1897 Battle of Pente Pigadia; ;

Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος; 20 November 1846 – 26 January 1924)^[1] was an officer in the Hellenic Army as well as a politician.

Biography

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

^ "Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Original: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος)". Sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-19.
^ ^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.
^ ^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)

[1] "Konstantinos Koumoundouros (Original: Κωνσταντίνος Κουμουνδούρος)". Sansimera.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-08-19.

[Proedroi-2] 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.

[Enc-3] 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)

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