Kitsos Tzavelas

Kitsos Tsavelas, lithograph by Karl Krazeisen 1827

Kitsos Tzavelas, monument in Athens

Kitsos Tzavelas ; Greek Κίτσος Τζαβέλας , (* 1800 in Souli ( Epirus ); † March 21, 1855 in Athens ) was a Suliot politician in Greece , Prime Minister 1847/1848 and General.

Independence fighter

The father and grandfather of Tzavelas, Fotos and Lambros Tzavelas, already fought the Turkish rule in the person of the governor of Epirus, Ali Pasha Tepelena . He later spent his youth in Corfu and played an increasingly important role in the Greek Revolution . In addition to Georgios Karaiskakis, he particularly distinguished himself during the siege of Messolongi . It was at this time that his rivalry began with Markos Botzaris , who fell in 1823. After the arrival of Ioannis Kapodistrias in Greece, he was responsible for the liberation of large parts of central Greece .

Independence and promotion to prime minister

After Greece gained independence on April 15, 1827, he became a supporter of Kapodistrias and finally the leader of the Russian Party ( Ρωσικό Κόμμα ), which took a conservative and orthodox political stance in the Greek parliament during the reign of King Otto I.

After planning the revolt against King Otto I in 1834, he was arrested along with other politicians of the Russian Party on the instructions of Prime Minister Joseph Ludwig Graf von Armansperg . After the king's power solidified, Tzavelas was released from prison and later even aide-de-camp of the king.

In 1844 he was appointed Minister of War. From September 17, 1847 to March 19, 1848 he was finally Prime Minister.

literature

• Evi Koukouraki: From the Greek Wars of Liberation to the Present: History of Young Greece. 2003.

Web links

• Greek History 1821–1833: Military Operations . Foundation of the Hellenic World
• The Greek Economy 1833-1897 . Foundation of the Hellenic World

predecessor	Office	successor
Ioannis Kolettis	Prime Minister of Greece 1847–1848	Georgios Koundouriotis