Kyriakos Kyritsis ( el, Κυριάκος Κυρίτσης) was a

Greek 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 ...

lawyer and politician from the village of

Stegopul Stegopul or Stegopull ( rup, Stãgopul) is a village in Lunxhëri, Gjirokastër County, Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Libohovë. It is home to the Orthodox Church of St. Elijah's, also declared ...

( Lunxhëri), in modern southern

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

. He supported financially the local Greek revolt of 1878 against Ottoman rule. Because of this involvement his possessions in

Butrint Butrint ( el, Βουθρωτόν and Βουθρωτός, ''Bouthrōtón'', la, Buthrōtum) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. "Speakers of these various Greek dialects settled different parts of Greece at differen ...

- Saranda area were confiscated. When his homeland came under Greek administration (October 1914 – September 1916), he was elected as member of the

Greek Parliament The Hellenic Parliament ( el, Ελληνικό Κοινοβούλιο, Elliniko Kinovoulio; formally titled el, Βουλή των Ελλήνων, Voulí ton Ellínon, Boule of the Hellenes, label=none), also known as the Parliament of the Hel ...

for the Argyrokastro Prefecture in the following elections (December 1915).''Ιστορία του ελληνικού έθνους Νεώτερος Ελληνισμός από το 1913 ως το 1941.'' Εκδοτική Αθηνών. istory of the Greek Nation. Ekdotike Athenon (Greek)

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