Antonio Lefcochilo Dusmani (, Antonios Lefkocheilos Dousmanis; ; c. 1800–1890) was a

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and politician of the

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A descendant of a branch of the

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, he was born in Corfu around 1800 as a member of the local

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. His aunt was married to the writer Lorenzo Mabilli. Dusmani's grandchildren include Viktor and

Sofoklis Dousmanis Sofoklis Dousmanis (, 25 December 1868 – 6 January 1952) was a Greek naval officer. Distinguished in the Balkan Wars, he became twice the chief of the Greek Navy General Staff, and occupied the post of Minister for Naval Affairs in 1935. Li ...

. In 1833, Dusmani was appointed under-secretary of the

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, and in 1834, he became the secretary of the political department. He became the secretary of the general department in 1853, while from 1841 to 1857 he served as secretary of the general commission on public instruction. For his services to the

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, he was appointed Knight Commander of the

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on 26 September 1849. After the union of the Ionian Islands with Greece in 1864, Dusmani translated the records of William Ewart Gladstone's mission to the Ionian Islands from English to Italian and published them in 1869.

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