Konstantinos Konstantopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Κωνσταντόπουλος; 1832,

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– 11 November 1910,Scrip, "Death of K. Konstantopoulos", 12 November 1910, accessed 27 July 2013 (Greek).

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) was a conservative

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politician and briefly

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Early political career

During the reign of King Otto, Konstantopoulos was a Mayor of

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and later leader of the Prefectures of

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and

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. He was successful in averting bloodshed in a feud in that area.

Parliament and Prime Minister

Konstantopoulos was eventually elected as a member of the Nationalist Party to the

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representing

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, a town in northern

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and by 1890 he was elected President of the Parliament. In 1892, the Prime Minister,

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was asked to resign by the

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over continuing disagreements between the Prime Minister and Crown over economic policy, despite the fact that the Prime Minister maintained the confidence of the Parliament. The king, in dismissing the Prime Minister called for new elections and asked Konstantopoulos, a fellow member of Deligiannis' Nationalist Party, to form a government on February 18, 1892. Konstantopoulos led his party in the

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election, but Charilaos Trikoupis' New Party won the election and on June 10, 1892, Konstantopoulos was replaced by Trikoupis. He remained active in politics and a member of parliament until 1904. Konstantopoulos died in

in November 1910.

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Historical Information (in Greek)

Early political career

Parliament and Prime Minister

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