Georgios Christakis-Zografos

Georgios Christakis-Zografos ( Greek Γεώργιος Χρηστάκης-Ζωγράφος ; born March 8, 1863 in Paris ; † June 24, 1920 in Athens ) was a Greek politician, brief foreign minister and 1914 president of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus .

Life

Christakis-Zografos was the son of the entrepreneur Christakis Zografos from Qestorati in the prefecture of Gjirokastër (now Albania ). He studied law and political science in Paris and Munich . In 1905 he was elected to the Greek Parliament for Karditsa Prefecture and in August 1909 he served as Greece's Foreign Minister. He became a leading figure in the Greek national movement . After the Balkan Wars he was appointed Governor General of the Epirus region , which was conquered by the Greek army (from March 29 to December 31, 1913).

When the major European powers decided to assign Northern Epirus to Albania, an uprising of Greek Epiroten broke out in February 1914 against incorporation into Albanian territory. The resident Greeks formed a provisional government on February 28, 1914 with Zografos as president, which proclaimed the autonomy of the Northern Epirus region the following day in Gjirokastra . The Greeks under Zografos then began to persecute the Albanian Muslim population in their area of influence.

On May 17th, through the mediation of the great powers, a convention was signed in Corfu that met the main demands of the insurgents and guaranteed full autonomy within the Albanian borders. Korça and Gjirokastra were elevated to autonomous provinces. On October 27, after the First World War broke out and there was unrest in Albania, the Greek troops occupied northern Epirus for the second time.

Christakis-Zografos was elected to the Greek parliament in the following elections. In 1915 he held the post of foreign minister again for three months. He supported the entry of Greece on the side of the Entente in the First World War.

Individual evidence

Jump up ↑ Basilēs G. Nitsiakos, Vassilis Nitsiakos: On the Border. Transborder Mobility, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Along the Albanian-Greek Frontier. Lit, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10793-0 , p. 53.
↑ Ekrem Vlora : Memoirs. 1912 to 1925. Volume 2, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-486-47571-1 , p. 63.
^ Valeria Heuberger, Arnold Suppan, Elisabeth Vyslonzil: Focus Eastern Europe: Minorities in the crossfire of nationalism. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-486-56182-0 , p. 69.
^ Katrin Boeckh: From the Balkan Wars to the First World War: Small State Policy and Ethnic Self-Determination in the Balkans. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-486-56173-1 , pp. 114-116.

personal data
SURNAME	Christakis-Zografos, Georgios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Zografos, Georgios; Zographos, Georgios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek Foreign Minister and President of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus
DATE OF BIRTH	March 8, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	June 24, 1920
Place of death	Athens

[1] Jump up ↑ Basilēs G. Nitsiakos, Vassilis Nitsiakos: On the Border. Transborder Mobility, Ethnic Groups and Boundaries Along the Albanian-Greek Frontier. Lit, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10793-0 , p. 53.

[2] Ekrem Vlora : Memoirs. 1912 to 1925. Volume 2, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-486-47571-1 , p. 63.

[3] Valeria Heuberger, Arnold Suppan, Elisabeth Vyslonzil: Focus Eastern Europe: Minorities in the crossfire of nationalism. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-486-56182-0 , p. 69.

[4] Katrin Boeckh: From the Balkan Wars to the First World War: Small State Policy and Ethnic Self-Determination in the Balkans. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-486-56173-1 , pp. 114-116.