Pavlos Kountouriotis
Pavlos Kountouriotis (Greek: Παύλος Κουντουριώτης; 9 April 1855 – 22 August 1935) was a Greek admiral who served during the Balkan Wars, was regent of Greece, and the first president of the Second Hellenic Republic. In total he served four times as head of the Greek state, the most times in the history of the seat.
Pavlos Kountouriotis
- Georgios Kondylis
- Alexandros Zaimis
- Eleftherios Venizelos
- Alexandros Papanastasiou
- Themistoklis Sofoulis
- Andreas Michalakopoulos
- Theodoros Pangalos
George II
(as King of the Hellenes)
Theodoros Pangalos
- Stylianos Gonatas
- Eleftherios Venizelos
- Georgios Kafantaris
- Alexandros Papanastasiou
Vacant
Eleftherios Venizelos
- Alexandros Zaimis
- Stephanos Skouloudis
9 April 1855
Hydra, Kingdom of Greece
22 August 1935 (aged 80)
Palaio Faliro, Second Hellenic Republic
Hydra, Greece
- Georgios Kountouriotis (grandfather)
- Lazaros Kountouriotis (great-uncle)
- Nikolaos Votsis (nephew)
3, including Theodoros
- Naval officer
- politician
Grand Commander of the Order of the Redeemer
1875–1917
Návarchos (admiral)
- Alfeios
- Miaoulis
- Georgios Averof
Early life[edit]
Pavlos Kountouriotis was born on the island of Hydra to Theodoros Kountouriotis, Consul and Member of the Greek Parliament and Loukia Negreponte. From his father's side he descended from the Kountouriotis, an Arvanite Hydriot family originally from the village of Kountoura, in the Megarid. Pavlos used Arvanitika frequently as well, and his personal secretary wrote about him that whenever he traveled to Hydra he preferred to use only Arvanitika.[1] He was the grandson of Georgios, a shipowner who like many members of his family, participated in the Greek War of Independence and served as Prime Minister of Greece under King Otto. From his mother's side he was descended from the Negreponte family, a prominent family from Chios and was great-grandson of Constantine Hangerli, Prince of Wallachia. He was the second of nine children, including Ioannis Kountouriotis. Little is known of Pavlos' childhood. In 1875, following his family's long-standing naval tradition, he joined the Royal Hellenic Navy, presumably in the rank of Ensign.