Ioannis Skandalidis ( el, Ιωάννης Σκανδαλίδης, Ioánnis Skandalídis) was a

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politician before and during the Greek War of Independence.

Life

Skandalidis was born in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its metropolitan area, and the capital of the geographic region of ...

. He went as a representative of Macedonia to the

Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece The Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece ( el, Άρειος Πάγος της Ανατολικής Χέρσου Ελλάδος) was a provisional regime that existed in eastern Central Greece during the Greek War of Independence. Background ...

, a provisional administrative authority established in

Central Greece Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...

during the early stages of the

revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

, where he used to sign as "Ioannis Skandalidis the Macedonian".«Τα κατά την αναγέννησιν της Ελλάδος», Ανδρέου Ζ. Μαμούκα
vol B', Pireaus, Τυπογραφία Ηλίου Χριστοφίδου, Η αγαθή τύχη, 1839, pp. 84–85 (από τα Πρακτικά της Συνέλευση των Σαλώνων, 17 Νοεμβρίου 1821 του Οργανισμού της Ανατολικής Χέρσου Ελλάδας) He took part at the First National Assembly at Epidaurus as a member and secretary, subsequently becoming secretary of the Legislative Corps set up by the assembly. In 1821 he joined the Vytina Assembly of the supporters of Alexandros Mavrokordatos against the rival Zarakova Assembly of

Demetrios Ypsilantis Demetrios Ypsilantis (alternatively spelled Demetrius Ypsilanti; el, Δημήτριος Υψηλάντης, ; ro, Dumitru Ipsilanti; 1793August 16, 1832) was a Greek army officer who served in both the Hellenic Army and the Imperial Russian ...

; this division was the herald of the

Greek civil wars of 1824–1825 Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

. He died in 1826.

References

Sources

*Στασινόπουλος Χ., "Λεξικόν της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως" exicon of the Greek Revolution vol. 3, p. 461 {{DEFAULTSORT:Skandalidis, Ioannis Year of birth uncertain 1826 deaths Greek Macedonians Politicians from Thessaloniki 19th-century Greek politicians 1775 births Greek people of the Greek War of Independence