Antonios Kriezis

Antonios Kriezis (Greek: Αντώνιος Κριεζής) (1796–1865) was a captain of the Greek navy during the Greek War of Independence and a Prime Minister of Greece from 1849 to 1854. Kriezis originated from the Arvanite community of island of Hydra and was born in Troezen in 1796. In July 1821, he took part to the Greek expedition to Samos and in 1822 to the naval battle of Spetses. In 1825, he and Konstantinos Kanaris took part to a failed attempt to destroy the Egyptian navy inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, John Capodistria placed him in command of a navy squadron and in 1829, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans. Under King Otto in 1836, he became Minister of Naval Affairs and later served as Prime Minister of Greece from December 24, 1849 until May 28, 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris. He died in Athens in 1865.

His son Dimitrios Kriezis also became a naval officer and served as the King's aide-de-camp and Minister for the Navy.

Honours[]

Kriezis (D-217), a Gearing-class destroyer, in service between 1980 and 1993, was named after him.

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(Greek) Biography of Antonios Kriezis

Preceded by Konstantinos Kanaris	Prime Minister of Greece 1849–1854	Succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris

v t e Greek War of Independence

Background

Ottoman Greece	Armatoloi/Klephts Lambros Katsonis Orlov Revolt Souliotes Ali Pasha

Western Europe	Events: French Revolution Napoleonic Wars Septinsular Republic

Events

Battles	Kalamata Patras Alamana 1st Acropolis Gravia Valtetsi Doliana Dragashani Sculeni Vassilika Tripolitsa Peta Dervenakia 1st Messolonghi Karpenisi 2nd Messolonghi Greek civil wars Samos Gerontas Sphacteria Neokastro Maniaki Lerna Mills 3rd Messolonghi Mani 2nd Acropolis Arachova Kamatero Phaleron Petra

Massacres	Constantinople Thessaloniki Navarino Tripolis Naousa Chios Psara Kasos

Naval conflicts	Nauplia Psara Samos Sphacteria Gerontas Souda Alexandria Navarino

Ships	Greek sloop Karteria Greek brig Aris

International Conferences, Treaties and Protocols	Congress of Laibach Congress of Verona Protocol of St Petersburg Treaty of London Conference of Poros London Protocol of 1828 London Protocol of 1829 Treaty of Adrianople London Protocol of 1830 London Conference Treaty of Constantinople

Personalities

Greece	Odysseas Androutsos Markos Botsaris Laskarina Bouboulina Constantin Denis Bourbaki Hatzimichalis Dalianis Athanasios Diakos Germanos III of Old Patras Dimitrios Kallergis Athanasios Kanakaris Constantine Kanaris Ioannis Kapodistrias Georgios Karaiskakis Ioannis Kolettis Theodoros Kolokotronis Georgios Kountouriotis Antonios Kriezis Nikolaos Kriezotis Andreas Londos Yannis Makriyannis Manto Mavrogenous Alexandros Mavrokordatos Petros Mavromichalis Andreas Metaxas Andreas Miaoulis Antonis Oikonomou Ioannis Orlandos Papaflessas Dimitrios Papanikolis Emmanouel Pappas Ioannis Papafis Christoforos Perraivos Nikitas Stamatelopoulos Iakovos Tombazis Anastasios Tsamados Demetrios Ypsilantis

Philhellenes	Lord Byron François-René de Chateaubriand Richard Church Lord Cochrane Jean-Gabriel Eynard Charles Fabvier Thomas Gordon Frank Abney Hastings Carl von Heideck Karl Normann Louis-Maxime Raybaud Giuseppe Rosaroll Santorre di Santa Rosa Friedrich Thiersch Ludwig I of Bavaria Serbs and Montenegrins

Moldavia and Wallachia	Alexander Ypsilantis Sacred Band Giorgakis Olympios Yiannis Pharmakis Dimitrie Macedonski Tudor Vladimirescu

Ottoman Empire and Egypt	Sultan Mahmud II Hursid Pasha Omer Vrioni Kara Mehmet Mahmud Dramali Pasha Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha Reşid Mehmed Pasha Yussuf Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi

Britain, France and Russia	Stratford Canning Edward Codrington Henri de Rigny Nicholas I of Russia Login Geiden

Morea expedition	Military: Nicolas Joseph Maison Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Antoine Virgile Schneider Amédée Despans-Cubières Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély Camille Alphonse Trézel

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