Antonios Kriezis
Αντώνιος Κριεζής
A portrait of Antonios Kriezis

10th Prime Minister of Greece
In office
12 December 1849 – 16 May 1854
MonarchOtto I
Preceded byKonstantinos Kanaris
Succeeded byAlexandros Mavrokordatos
Minister for Naval Affairs
In office
20 May 1835 – 3 September 1843
MonarchOtto I
Prime MinisterJosef Ludwig von Armansperg
Ignaz von Rudhart
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Preceded byWilhelm von Le Suire
Succeeded byKonstantinos Kanaris
Personal details
Born1796
Troezen, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died1 April 1865
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political partyIndependent
SpouseKyriakoula Voulgari
ChildrenDimitrios Kriezis
Epameinondas Kriezis
OccupationSailor
Politician
Military service
AllegianceGreece First Hellenic Republic
Greece Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service Hellenic Navy
Battles/wars

Antonios Kriezis (Greek: Αντώνιος Κριεζής; 1796–1865) was a captain of the Hellenic navy during the Greek War of Independence and a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854.

Family

Kriezis was born in Troezen in 1796 to an Arvanite family.[1] Their first known ancestor was a prisoner in Venetian Crete who became involved in shipbuilding in Venetian navies and settled in Hydra in 1650.[2]

Career

In July 1821, Kriezis took part in the Greek expedition to Samos, and in 1822 participated in the naval battle of Spetses. In 1825, he and Konstantinos Kanaris failed in their attempt to destroy the Egyptian navy inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, Ioannis Kapodistrias placed him in command of a naval squadron. The following year, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans.

In 1836, under King Otto , he became Minister of Naval Affairs. He served as Prime Minister of Greece from 24 December 1849, until 28 May 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris.

Death

He died in Athens in 1865.

Children

His older son, Dimitrios Kriezis, became a naval officer and served as the aide-de-camp to King George I of Greece and as Minister for Naval Affairs, while his younger son, Epameinondas Kriezis, also became a naval officer and politician.

Honours

Two ships of the Hellenic Navy have been named Kriezis in his honour.

References

  1. ↑ Pizanias, Petros (2020). The Making of the Modern Greeks: 1400-1820. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 363–64. ISBN 978-1527562486.
  2. ↑ Pizanias, Petros (2020). The Making of the Modern Greeks: 1400-1820. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 366. ISBN 978-1527562486.

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