Anastasios Londos

Anastasios Londos
Ἀναστάσιος Λόντος
Bornc. 1791
Died1856
NationalityGreece
OccupationPolitician
Years active1823–1856
FatherSotirakis Londos
RelativesMaria Messinezi [d] (sister)
Andreas Londos (brother)
Loukas Londos [d] (brother)
Mayor of Aigio
In office
1835–1837
Member of parliament for Aigialeia
In office
1850–1853
Senator of Greece
In office
1853–1856
Greek Minister of Justice
In office
1854–1855
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1855–1856

Anastasios Londos (Greek: Ἀναστάσιος Λόντος; c. 1791–1856) was a Greek politician, mayor of Aigio and senator of the Kingdom of Greece.

Early life

He was born in Aigio in about 1791 and was the child of a powerful family of nobles. He was sent to Pisa to study medicine but with the outbreak of the revolution of 1821 he returned to Greece, as a result of which he interrupted his studies.

Political career

He was elected representative of the province of Vostitsa in the Astros National Assembly in 1823 and took part in totally three of the Greek National Assemblies (1823,[1] 1826[2] and 1843[3]). During the period of the government of Kapodistrias he served as extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Sporades but eventually joined the anti-government opposition forces. In 1835 he was appointed mayor of Aigio,[4] he held this position until 1837. In 1850 he was elected member of parliament for Aigialeia and in 1853 he was elected senator.[5] In 1854–1855 he served as Minister of Justice in the government of Mavrokordatos, while in 1855–1856 he took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the government of Dimitrios Voulgaris.

He died in 1856 while serving as a senator of Greece.

Family

He was the brother of Andreas Londos, Loukas Londos and Maria Messinezi. His father Sotirakis Londos was a distinguished Greek politician.

References

  1. ^ Hellenic Parliament, p. 13, n. 140.
  2. ^ Hellenic Parliament, p. 21, n. 95.
  3. ^ Hellenic Parliament, p. 127, n. 39.
  4. ^ (in Greek) www.et.gr: ΦΕΚ A 13 (2 May 1835).
  5. ^ Hellenic Parliament, p. 63, n. 45.

Sources

  • "Register of Recipients, Senators and Members of the Parliament 1822–1935" (PDF) (in Greek). Athens: Hellenic Parliament. 1986. Retrieved 9 May 2020.