Andreas Asimakis Zaimis (; 1791 – 4 May 1840) was a

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and government leader during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

.''Ιστορικά''
issue. 12, 2001, ''Ελευθεροτυπία'' (Greek).

Biography

Born in

Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G ...

, in the northern Peloponnesos, Zaimis was a private and later leader of armed men who fought the Ottoman Turks during the Greek Revolution. In 1826, Zaimis was chosen as the leader of the interim Greek government. His son, Thrasivoulos Zaimis, and grandson,

Alexandros Zaimis Alexandros Zaimis (, Romanization, romanized: ''Aléxandros Zaímis''; 28 October 1855 – 15 September 1936) was a Greeks, Greek politician who served as Greece's Prime Minister of Greece, Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior (Greece), Minist ...

, would also serve as Prime Ministers of Greece.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zaimis, Andreas 1791 births 1840 deaths 19th-century heads of state of Greece 19th-century prime ministers of Greece Ottoman-era Greek primates People from Kalavryta Zaimis family