Diomidis Kyriakos () (1811,

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– 1869,

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) was a Greek author, politician and

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Biography

Kiriakos was born in 1811 on the island of

to a family of

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origin. He was the younger brother of Ioannis Kyriakos, a vice-admiral who was killed in the siege of Messolonghi. He studied law at the universities of

and Paris. In 1835, Kyriakos became a public prosecutor of the Court of First Instance. In 1843, he helped draft the

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. In 1851, he became a professor of constitutional law and, in 1862, a member of the committee to draft a new

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. The following year, Kyriakos became the Minister of Religion and Education and, between April and May 1863, he became the Prime Minister of Greece. Kyriakos authored several books on law and history. He died in Italy in 1869.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyriakos, Diomidis Arvanites 1811 births 1869 deaths 19th-century prime ministers of Greece People from Spetses Ministers of national education and religious affairs of Greece Greek legal scholars Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens University of Paris alumni University of Pisa alumni