Petros Zappas () was an entrepreneur and politician and a member of the Zappas family of national benefactors originally from Labovë of

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

or Aromanian descent. This village would later form part of the short-lived

Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus () was a short-lived, self-governing entity founded in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars on 28 February 1914, by the local Greek population in southern Albania ( Northern Epirotes). The area, known as ...

. In

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, during Greek administration between October 1914 and September 1916, Petros Zappas was elected as member of the

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for the

Argyrokastron Prefecture Argyrokastro ( ''Silver Castle'') may refer to: *Argyrokastro Castle, castle in the region of the Peloponnese, Greece *''Argyrokastro'', the Greek name of Gjirokastër, a city in southern Albania *''Argyrokastro Castle'', or Gjirokastër Castle, a ...

(1915–1917) in the December 1915 elections.

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Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Gjirokastër Northern Epirus independence activists Albanian people of Aromanian descent Albanian people of Greek descent Greek people of Aromanian descent Greek MPs 1915–1917 {{Albania-politician-stub

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