Ioannis Sfakianakis

Ioannis Sfakianakis (1848–1924) was a

Cretan Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

politician of the late 19th century with a significant contribution in the political life of the island and the union with

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. After his medical studies, he settled in

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working as a doctor. He participated in all the major revolutions against the

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and distinguished for his rhetorical abilities and his prudence. He was the president of the Cretan revolutionary assembly (1878) and the main negotiator for the

Pact of Halepa The Pact of Halepa ( el, Σύμβαση της Χαλέπας) or Halepa Charter (Χάρτης της Χαλέπας) was an agreement made in 1878 between the Ottoman Empire (then ruled by the Sultan Abdul Hamid II) and the representatives of the ...

. During the revolution of 1897 he was president of the Cretan general assembly and later the first

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of the Cretan parliament. In 1905 he supported the

Theriso revolt The Theriso revolt ( el, Επανάσταση του Θερίσου) was an insurrection that broke out in March 1905 against the government of Crete, then an autonomous state under Ottoman suzerainty. The revolt was led by the Cretan politicia ...

and

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos ( el, Ελευθέριος Κυριάκου Βενιζέλος, translit=Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Greek statesman and a prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movem ...

. He was elected representative of

several times. He died in 1924 in

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and was honoured by 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 ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sfakianakis, Ioannis 1848 births 1924 deaths Politicians from Crete Cretan State People from Lasithi