Ioannis Skandalidis () was a

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politician before and 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 ...

Life

Skandalidis was born in

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. He went as a representative of

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to the

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, a provisional administrative authority established in Central Greece during the early stages of the

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, where he used to sign as "Ioannis Skandalidis the

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".«Τα κατά την αναγέννησιν της Ελλάδος», Ανδρέου Ζ. Μαμούκα
vol B',

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, Τυπογραφία Ηλίου Χριστοφίδου, Η αγαθή τύχη, 1839, pp. 84–85 (από τα Πρακτικά της Συνέλευση των Σαλώνων, 17 Νοεμβρίου 1821 του Οργανισμού της Ανατολικής Χέρσου Ελλάδας) He took part at the

First National Assembly at Epidaurus The First National Assembly of Epidaurus (, 1821–1822) was the first meeting of the Greek National Assembly, a national representative political gathering of the Greek revolutionaries. History The assembly opened in December 1821 at Piada (to ...

as a member and secretary, subsequently becoming secretary of the Legislative Corps set up by the assembly. In 1821 he joined the Vytina Assembly of the supporters of

Alexandros Mavrokordatos Alexandros Mavrokordatos (; 11 February 179118 August 1865) was a Greek statesman, diplomat, politician and member of the Mavrocordatos family of Phanariotes. Biography In 1812, Mavrokordatos went to the court of his uncle John George Caradja ...

against the rival Zarakova Assembly of

Demetrios Ypsilantis Demetrios Ypsilantis (alternatively spelled Demetrius Ypsilanti; , ; , ; 179316 August 1832) was a Greek army officer who served in both the Hellenic Army and the Imperial Russian Army. Ypsilantis played an important role in the Greek War of I ...

; this division was the herald of the

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. He died in 1826.

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*Στασινόπουλος Χ., "Λεξικόν της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως" exicon of the Greek Revolution vol. 3, p. 461 {{DEFAULTSORT:Skandalidis, Ioannis 1826 deaths Greek Macedonians Politicians from Thessaloniki 19th-century Greek politicians 1770s births Greek people of the Greek War of Independence People from the Ottoman Empire