Georgios Sisinis (, 1769–1831) was a

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revolutionary leader and politician of the

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Biography

He was born in

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, to a rich and historic family of the area. Georgios, his father Chrysanthos and his three brothers, who died young, were all physicians. During the Ottoman rule, he was a primate (''prokritos'') of Gastouni. He became a member of the

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in 1819. In 1821, as the Ottoman authorities suspected the Greeks of planning a revolution, he was requested to come to Tripolitsa along with other primates; at the suggestion of Germanos of Old Patras, he feigned illness and did not attend. Sisinis proclaimed the start of the

in Elis, and was one of the most important contributors to the Greek struggle. He provided the Greek troops in the

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with provisions, and distinguished himself in the battles of

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and of

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. As a politician, he was elected representative of Elis in the

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, and was chairman of the

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and of the

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. In early 1825, during the

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he and his son Chrysanthos Sisinis were arrested and imprisoned in Hydra. Released in spring, they returned to an active part in the military operations. Under Governor

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, he was appointed a member of the ''

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'', and in 1829 he was named president of its successor, the

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. He resigned following disagreements with Kapodistrias, but was not involved in the Governor's assassination in 1831, which he condemned. He married Yakinthi Stathakopoulou and had two sons, Michail and Chrysanthos. He died at Gastouni in 1831. His descendants include the writer David Patrikarakos.

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at the Greek Wikipedia. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisinis, Georgios 1769 births 1831 deaths Ottoman-era Greek primates People from Gastouni Speakers of the Hellenic Parliament Greek people of the Greek War of Independence

Georgios Georgios (, , ) is a Ancient Greek, Greek name derived from the word ''georgos'' (, , "farmer" lit. "earth-worker"). The word ''georgos'' (, ) is a compound (linguistics), compound of ''ge'' (, , "earth", "soil") and ''ergon'' (, , "task", "underta ...

Members of the Filiki Eteria