Anastasios Londos (; – 1856) was a Greek politician, mayor of

Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' (, ; ), is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the mun ...

and

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of the

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Early life

He was born in

in about 1791 and was the child of a powerful family of nobles. He was sent to

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to study medicine but with the outbreak of the

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of 1821 he returned to

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, as a result of which he interrupted his studies.

Political career

He was elected representative of the province of

Vostitsa Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' (, ; ), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the se ...

in the

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National Assembly in 1823 and took part in totally three of the

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(1823, 1826 and 1843). During the period of the government of

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he served as extraordinary commissioner of the

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but eventually joined the anti-government opposition forces. In 1835 he was appointed mayor of Aigio, he held this position until 1837. In 1850 he was elected member of parliament for

Aigialeia Aigialeia (, ) is a municipality and a former Provinces of Greece, province (επαρχία) in the eastern part of the Achaea regional unit, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Aigio. The municipality has an area of 723.063 km2. ...

and in 1853 he was elected

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, p. 63, n. 45. In 1854–1855 he served as

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in the government of

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, while in 1855–1856 he took over the

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in the government of

Dimitrios Voulgaris Dimitrios Voulgaris (; 20 December 1802 – 10 January 1877) was a Greek revolutionary fighter during the Greek War of Independence of 1821 who became a politician after independence. He was nicknamed "Tsoumpes" (" Τσουμπές") after t ...

. He died in 1856 while serving as a senator of

Family

He was the brother of

Andreas Londos Andreas S. Londos (, c. 1786–1846) was a Greek military leader and politician. Born in Vostitsa in c. 1786 to Sotirakis Londos, he was initiated into the Filiki Eteria in 1818, and was one of the first military leaders to raise the banner ...

, Loukas Londos and Maria Messinezi. His father Sotirakis Londos was a distinguished Greek politician.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Londos, Anastasios 1790s births 1856 deaths People from Aigio Members of the Greek Senate Ministers of the interior of Greece Mayors of places in Greece Greeks from the Ottoman Empire

Anastasios Anastasius (Latinized) or Anastasios () is a masculine given name of Greek origin derived from the Greek word (''anastasis'') meaning "resurrection". Its female form is ''Anastasia'' (). A diminutive form of ''Anastasios'' is ''Tassos'' () or '' ...