Nakos Panourgias

Nakos Panourgias (Greek: Νάκος Πανουργιάς) was a Greek commander during the Greek War of Independence, who rose to the rank of major general and was elected an MP in the independent Kingdom of Greece.

Nakos Panourgias
Woodcut of Nakos Panourgias as a general in the dress of the Royal Phalanx.
Native name
Νάκος Πανουργιάς
Birth nameIoannis Panourgias (Ιωάννης Πανουργιάς)
Bornc. 1795
Salona, Eyalet of the Archipelago, Ottoman Empire (now Amfissa, Greece)
Diedc. 1863
Amfissa, Kingdom of Greece
AllegianceGreece First Hellenic Republic
Greece Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch Hellenic Army
RankMajor General
Battles/warsGreek War of Independence
RelationsDimitrios Panourgias (father)
Yiannis Gouras (uncle)
Other workMP for Amfissa

Life

Nakos Panourgias was born in Salona in 1795, as the son of the prominent armatolos chieftain Dimitrios Panourgias.[1] He became a warrior like his father, and distinguished himself for his bravery during the Greek War of Independence, fighting both under his father and under other chieftains.[1] Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias named him a chiliarch in 1827.[1]

After independence, King Otto of Greece promoted him to major general, and he was elected as a member of the Hellenic Parliament for his native Amfissa from 1844 on.[1]

He died at Amfissa in 1863.[1]

References

  1. Aspreas, G. (1930). Μεγάλη Στρατιωτικὴ καὶ Ναυτικὴ Ἐγκυκλοπαιδεία. Tόμος Πέμπτος: Νάβα–Σαρακηνοί [Great Military and Naval Encyclopaedia. Volume V: Nave–Saracens] (in Greek). Athens: Ἔκδοσις Μεγάλης Στρατιωτικῆς καὶ Ναυτικῆς Ἐγκυκλοπαιδείας. p. 250. OCLC 31255024.
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