Andreas Miaoulis ( el, Ανδρέας Μιαούλης; born 1869) was a
Greek
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naval officer, hailing from the renowned
Hydriot Miaoulis family Miaoulis ( el, Μιαούλης) may refer to:
People with the surname
*Andreas Vokos Miaoulis (1769-1835), Greek admiral and politician
* Dimitrios Miaoulis (1784–1836), son of Andreas
* Antonios Miaoulis (1800–1836), son of Andreas
* Ioannis ...
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He was born in Athens in 1869, and entered the newly re-established
Hellenic Naval Academy
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in 1884, graduating in 1888. During the
First Balkan War
The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...
(1912–1913), he served as captain of the battleship
''Psara'', with which he participated in the naval battles of
Elli
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and
Lemnos
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. He reached the rank of Rear Admiral, and was conferred the rank of Vice Admiral upon retirement. In 1920, he was
Minister of Naval Affairs, and was elected as an MP for the
Attica
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Boeotia
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prefecture.
1869 births
Year of death missing
Hellenic Navy admirals
Politicians from Athens
Andreas
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Military personnel from Athens
Ministers of Naval Affairs of Greece
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