Aristeidis Moraitinis (; 1806–1875) was born in

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(now

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). He was educated in France. During the reign of King Otto, Moraitinis was a staunch member of the French Party. He served as the 15th

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for a few days in February 1863 during the period between the

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against King Otto and the arrival of the new Danish-born Prince William, who would be known in Greece as King George I. Moraitinis was made Prime Minister a second time for a little over a month in 1868. He died in

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1875.

References

* John A. Petropulos; ''Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece''; Princeton University Press, 1968. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moraitinis, Aristeidis 1806 births 1875 deaths 19th-century prime ministers of Greece 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire Smyrniote Greeks Speakers of the Hellenic Parliament Russian Party politicians