Andreas Stefanopoulos (, 1860–1938), was a

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politician, who served in the Greek parliament and the Greek Senate, amongst other roles. Andreas Stephanopoulos was born in Pyrgos and was the son of Stephanos Stephanopoulos, a politician and member of the historic Stephanopoulos family. His brother was politician Christos Stefanopoulos. He studied law and political sciences in

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and

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and was educated early as a politician. He was elected as a representative for

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in the Greek parliament in 1892 with

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' party and was re-elected every time until 1929. Then he became a senator, until the

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was abolished in 1935. He was Minister for Naval Affairs in the 1903 cabinet of

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; and the

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in the 1905 cabinet of Theotokis. He died in 1938.

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