Vasileios Sapountzakis ( el, Βασίλειος Σαπουντζάκης; 1811 – 11 March 1901) 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 ...

general. Born in

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

in 1811, he entered the newly founded

Hellenic Army Academy The Hellenic Army Academy ( el, Στρατιωτική Σχολή Ευελπίδων), commonly known as the Evelpidon, is a military academy. It is the Officer cadet school of the Greek Army and the oldest third-level educational institution in G ...

, graduating in 1831 as an Artillery 2nd Lieutenant. Throughout his career, he held various posts, including as regimental and divisional commander, commandant of the Army Academy, Inspector-General of the Army in the Greco-Turkish crisis during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, and Minister for Military Affairs. He retired from service on 8 January 1897 with the rank of Lieutenant General, and died on 11 March 1901. He was the father of Lt. General

Konstantinos Sapountzakis Konstantinos Sapountzakis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Σαπουντζάκης; 1846–1931) was a Hellenic Army officer. He is notable as the first head of the Hellenic Army General Staff and as the first commander of the Army of Epirus during ...

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1811 births 1901 deaths 19th-century Greek people Hellenic Army lieutenant generals Military personnel from Crete Ministers of Military Affairs of Greece {{Greece-mil-bio-stub