Antonios Kriezis
A portrait of Antonios Kriezis
10th Prime Minister of Greece
14 December 1849 – 16 May 1854 (o.s.)
14 February 1836 – 3 September 1842 (o.s.)
Ignaz von Rudhart
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Troezen, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Epameinondas Kriezis
Politician
First Hellenic Republic
Kingdom of Greece
Hellenic Navy- Greek War of Independence
- Battle of Nauplia
- Greek raid on Alexandria
Antonios Kriezis (Greek: Αντώνιος Κριεζής; 1796–1865) was a captain of the Hellenic navy during the Greek War of Independence and a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854.
Family
Kriezis was born in Troezen in 1796 to an Arvanite family.[1] Their first known ancestor was a prisoner in Venetian Crete who became involved in shipbuilding in Venetian navies and settled in Hydra in 1650.[2]
Career
In July 1821, Kriezis took part in the Greek expedition to Samos, and in 1822 participated in the naval battle of Spetses. In 1825, he and Konstantinos Kanaris failed in their attempt to destroy the Egyptian navy inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, Ioannis Kapodistrias placed him in command of a naval squadron. The following year, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans.
In 1836, under King Otto , he became Minister of Naval Affairs. He served as Prime Minister of Greece from 24 December 1849, until 28 May 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris.
Death
He died in Athens in 1865.
Children
His older son, Dimitrios Kriezis, became a naval officer and served as the aide-de-camp to King George I of Greece and as Minister for Naval Affairs, while his younger son, Epameinondas Kriezis, also became a naval officer and politician.
Honours
Two ships of the Hellenic Navy have been named Kriezis in his honour.
References
External links
Media related to Antonios Kriezis at Wikimedia Commons
- Biography of Antonios Kriezis (in Greek)
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- London Conference of 1832
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- Greek Constitution of 1844
- Don Pacifico affair
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- Thessaly Revolt of 1854
- 23 October 1862 Revolution
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- Party of Radicals
- Athens School of Fine Arts
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- Greek Archaeological Service
- Greek Evangelical Church
- Greek Volunteer Legion
- Hellenic Gendarmerie
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- National Bank of Greece
- National Library of Greece
- National Technical University of Athens
- Regency Council
- Royal Phalanx
- Fix Brewery
- Greek Crown Jewels
- Lion of the Bavarians
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