Adam Doukas ( el, Αδάμ Δούκας, 1790-1860) was a

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revolutionary and politician. Doukas was born in 1790 in Permet, then

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, now in southern

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. He then moved to

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where he attended the local

Maroutsaia School The Maroutsaia School ( el, Μαρουτσαία Σχολή) or Maroutsios was a Greek educational institution that operated in Ioannina from 1742 to 1797. The school reached its peak under Eugenios Voulgaris, one of the main representative of t ...

. At the time of the outbreak of the

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(1821) he lived in

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. He became one of the most important political leaders of the Greek Revolution in Eastern Central Greece and

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. Doukas was politically attached to

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and his

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. Doukas was also in close contact with the most important local military figures of the War of Independence.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" He participated in the

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(1821–1822) as a representative of Thebes, as well as in the

Fourth National Assembly at Argos The Fourth National Assembly at Argos ( el, Δʹ Εθνοσυνέλευση Άργους) was a Greek convention which sat at Argos from 11 July to 6 August 1829, during the Greek War of Independence. The Fourth National Assembly followed on fro ...

. In 1825 he became

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in the revolutionary government of Greece. 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 Karystos ( el, Κάρυστος) or Carystus is a small coastal town on the Greece, Greek island of Euboea. It has about 5,000 inhabitants (12,000 in the municipality). It lies 129 km south of Chalkis. From Athens it is accessible by ferry ...

, southern Euboea, in April 1833. After the end of the successful national struggle Doukas became member various state cabinets from 1850 to 1860, during the reign of King

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. He died in Euboea in 1860.

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