Andreas Papagiannakopoulos ( el, Ανδρέας Παπαγιαννακόπουλος, 1845-1911) was a judge and a politician of

Kalavryta Kalavryta ( el, Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and ...

and

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

. He was born in Leivartzi and moved to

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at a young age. He studied law and was engaged in journalism, publishing the newspapers '' Pelopas'' and '' Toxotis'' in 1876. He became a municipal police officer in 1883 but was dismissed a year later. He was elected as a Member of the

Hellenic Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule (ancient Greece), Boule of the Greeks, Hellenes, label=none), also kno ...

for

in 1885 and continuously from 1887 until 1910 for the

Achaea Prefecture Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

. He tried to be elected as mayor of

but without success. He died on January 12, 1911, in Athens at the

Evangelismos Hospital Athens General Hospital 'Evangelismos' ( el, Γενικό Νοσοκομείο Αθηνών «Ο Ευαγγελισμός») is one of the largest public hospitals in Greece. It is located in a sub-neighbourhood of Kolonaki named after it, Evange ...

. His funeral oration was read by Loukas Roufos.

References

*''Patrinologimata'', volume II, Nikos Politis, Peri Technon, Patras 2004, {{DEFAULTSORT:Papagiannakopoulos Andreas 1845 births 1911 deaths Greek MPs 1885–1887 Greek MPs 1887–1890 Greek MPs 1890–1892 Greek MPs 1895–1899 Greek MPs 1899–1902 Greek MPs 1905–1906 Greek MPs 1906–1910 Greek MPs 1892–1895 Greek MPs 1902–1905 Greek journalists Greek newspaper editors People from Aroania Politicians from Patras

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