Nakos Panourgias ( el, Νάκος Πανουργιάς) was a

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commander during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

, who rose to the rank of

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and was elected an MP in the independent

Kingdom of Greece The Kingdom of Greece ( grc, label=Greek, Βασίλειον τῆς Ἑλλάδος ) was established in 1832 and was the successor state to the First Hellenic Republic. It was internationally recognised by the Treaty of Constantinople, where ...

Life

Nakos Panourgias was born in

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in 1795, as the son of the prominent chieftain

Dimitrios Panourgias Dimitrios Panourgias ( el, Δημήτριος Πανουργιάς; 1754-1834), a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence, was born Dimitrios Xiros () in the village of Dremissa, Phocis. Early life His parents originated ...

. He became a warrior like his father, and distinguished himself for his bravery during the

, fighting both under his father and under other chieftains. Governor

Ioannis Kapodistrias Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias ( el, Κόμης Ιωάννης Αντώνιος Καποδίστριας, Komis Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias; russian: � ...

named him a

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in 1827. After independence, King

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promoted him to

, and 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 his native Amfissa from 1844 on. He died at Amfissa in 1863.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Panourgias, Nakos 1795 births 1863 deaths Hellenic Army major generals Greek people of the Greek War of Independence People from Amfissa Greek MPs 1844–1847 Members of the Royal Phalanx