Periklis Argyropoulos ( el, Περικλής Ι. Αργυρόπουλος; 1871–1953) was a

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naval officer, politician and diplomat.

Biography

Born in

Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

in 1871, he became a naval officer and retired with the rank of

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. During the

First Balkan War The First Balkan War ( sr, Први балкански рат, ''Prvi balkanski rat''; bg, Балканска война; el, Αʹ Βαλκανικός πόλεμος; tr, Birinci Balkan Savaşı) lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and invo ...

, he commanded the torpedo boat No. 14, and on 9 November 1912, he sunk the wooden Ottoman armed steamer ''Trabzon'' off

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. In 1917, he served in the short-lived cabinet of

Alexandros Zaimis Alexandros Zaimis ( el, Αλέξανδρος Ζαΐμης; 9 November 1855 – 15 September 1936) was a Greek politician who served as Greece's Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Justice, and High Commissioner of Crete. He serve ...

as Transport Minister, and again in the same post in 1926 under

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. During the

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, he was appointed ambassador to

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. He died in 1953. He was also the maternal uncle to

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, the wife of King

Alexander of Greece Alexander ( el, Αλέξανδρος, ''Aléxandros''; 1 August 189325 October 1920) was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death three years later, at the age of 27, from the effects of a monkey bite. The second son of King Constanti ...

. 1871 births 1953 deaths Politicians from Athens Greek MPs 1935–1936 Ambassadors of Greece to Spain Hellenic Navy admirals Greek military personnel of the Balkan Wars {{Greece-mil-bio-stub