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Born in Athens in 1842, Dragoumis studied law and was a judge.
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Born in Athens in 1842, Dragoumis studied law and was a judge.
He was the father of Ion Dragoumis. He became Secretary-General of the Ministry of Justice and was very active politically. The organization Macedonian Committee was formed in 1904 by Stephanos Dragoumis in Athens.
Following the Goudi Revolt by the Military League in 1909, the political processes in Greece were in a state of turmoil.
The issue of Cretan annexation and military reforms loomed large. After Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis resigned as Prime Minister in January 1910, Dragoumis was appointed as part of a reform government and the Military League dissolved.
At the same time, Eleftherios Venizelos arrived in Athens from Crete. In March, the Greek Parliament decided to convoke a Revisionary Parliament to revise the Greek Constitution.
The Dragoumis government responded positively to the demands of its dual mission: to secure a smooth path towards the process of reform and to complete its legislative programme.
By September, Venizelos had arrived in Athens and by drawing large crowds to rallies had established his political strength. King George invited Venizelos to form a government and Dragoumis resigned. During the Balkan Wars, he served as Governor-General of Crete, and later (June 1913) of Macedonia.
During the National Schism, he sided with the anti-Venizelist, royalist faction.
He was elected to Parliament in the December 1915 elections, which the Venizelists boycotted, and served as Finance Minister in the Alexandros Zaimis and Stephanos Skouloudis cabinets. Dragoumis was dismissed from his seat in 1917, when Venizelos re-instated the May 1915 Parliament ("Lazarus Parliament"), but was re-elected as an Member of Parliament in the November 1920 elections.
He was later elected a member of Parliament and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice and Minister of the Interior.He was also active in the Macedonian Struggle.