Adam Doukas
Greek revolutionary and politician
Adam Doukas ( Greek : Αδάμ Δούκας , 1790-1860) was a Greek revolutionary and politician.
Doukas was born in 1790 in Permet , then Ottoman Empire , now in southern Albania . He then moved to Ioannina where he attended the local Maroutsaia School . At the time of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence (1821) he lived in Livadeia in Central Greece . [1] He became one of the most important political leaders of the Greek Revolution in Eastern Central Greece and Euboea . Doukas was politically attached to Ioannis Kolettis and his French Party . Doukas was also in close contact with the most important local military figures of the War of Independence. [2] [3] He participated in the First National Assembly at Epidaurus (1821–1822) as a representative of Thebes , as well as in the Fourth National Assembly at Argos . [4] In 1825 he became Minister of War in the revolutionary government of Greece. [4] He latter participated in the liberation of Euboea by the Greek forces and was in charge of the surrender committee of the Ottoman garrison in Karystos , southern Euboea, in April 1833. [4]
After the end of the successful national struggle Doukas became member various state cabinets from 1850 to 1860, during the reign of King Otto . He died in Euboea in 1860. [4]
References
- ↑ Petropoulos, 1968: p. 138: "...was in Livadia when the Revolution broke out."
- ↑ Papageorgopoulos, Stefanos. Vasos Mavrovouniotis. A Montenegrin Chieftain on the Threshold of Modernity . Online Journal Mediterranea: Issue 32, Dec. 2014. p. 470.
- ↑ Petropoulos, 1968: p. 138: "during the Revolution, made him an important political factor in Eubea and East Rumely. Indeed, he served as an important liaison-officer between Kolettes and the captains, whose confidence he enjoyed"
- 1 2 3 4 Κατσός, Βάγιας (22 May 2015). "Η Απελευθέρωση της Καρύστου [ The Liberation of Karystos ] " . square.gr . Retrieved 7 October 2015 .
Sources
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Petropoulos, John Anthony (1968).
Politics and Statecraft in the Kingdom of Greece: 1833-1843
. Princeton University Press.
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9780691051444
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