Dimítrios Kallérgis

Greek statesman
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Born:
1803, Crete, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece]
Died:
Jan. 24, 1867, Athens, Greece (aged 64)

Dimítrios Kallérgis (born 1803, Crete, Ottoman Empire [now in Greece]—died Jan. 24, 1867, Athens, Greece) was a statesman prominent in the early years of Greek independence. In September 1843, antagonistic to the rule of King Otto I, Kallérgis, then a colonel, led a revolt that caused Otto to dismiss his Bavarian administration and to adopt a new, more liberal constitution (1844). Exiled in 1845, he returned in 1848 and tried unsuccessfully to instigate a revolution. In 1854 he was appointed minister in the cabinet of Aléxandros Mavrokordátos but was forced by the king to resign in October 1855. After the ...(100 of 111 words)