Background
He was born in 1782 on the Saronic island of Hydra to an Arvanite family.
politician prime minister speaker
He was born in 1782 on the Saronic island of Hydra to an Arvanite family.
When the War of Independence broke out, Georgios, along with the rest of the Kountouriotis family, supported the effort with generous donations as well as with their ships. He was often at odds with other Hydriot sea captains, but ultimately was the wealthiest. He was a semi-independent adherent of the French Party mostly due to his antipathy to the Russian Party and his fellow Hydriots of the English Party.
During the period of French Party ascendancy in the reign of King Otto, he served as Prime Minister.
He died in 1858.
Georgios Kountouriotis became a member of the executive committee of the Greek Revolution and served as its President from 1823 to 1826 during the crucial time of the siege of Missolonghi. After independence, he became a member of the cabinet of Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of Greece.