Anastasios Londos

{{Short description|Greek politician (c. 1791 – 1856)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{refimprove|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Anastasios Londos | native_name = Ἀναστάσιος Λόντος | native_name_lang = el | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{circa|1791}} | death_date = 1856 | birth_place = [[Aigio]], [[Achaea]], [[Ottoman Empire]] | death_place = [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] | occupation = Politician | years_active = 1823–1856 | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = Mayor of [[Aigio]] | term_start = 1835 | term_end = 1837 }} | module2 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = Member of parliament for [[Aigialeia]] | term_start = 1850 | term_end = 1853 }} | module3 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = [[Senator]] of [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] | term_start = 1853 | term_end = 1856 }} | module4 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = Greek [[Minister of Justice]] | term_start = 1854 | term_end = 1855 }} | module5 = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = Greek [[Minister of Foreign Affairs]] | term_start = 1855 | term_end = 1856 }} | father = [[Sotirakis Londos]] | relatives = Maria Messinezi [[:d:Q27890551|[d]]] (sister)<br />[[Andreas Londos]] (brother)<br />Loukas Londos [[:d:Q12880277|[d]]] (brother) }} '''Anastasios Londos''' ({{langx|el|Ἀναστάσιος Λόντος}}; {{circa|1791}} – 1856) was a Greek politician, mayor of [[Aigio]] and [[senator]] of the [[Kingdom of Greece]].

== Early life == He was born in [[Aigio]] in about 1791 and was the child of a powerful family of nobles. He was sent to [[Pisa]] to study medicine but with the outbreak of the [[Greek War of Independence|revolution]] of 1821 he returned to [[Greece]], as a result of which he interrupted his studies.

== Political career == He was elected representative of the province of [[Vostitsa]] in the [[Astros, Greece|Astros]] National Assembly in 1823 and took part in totally three of the [[Greek National Assemblies]] (1823,<ref>[[#HP1986|Hellenic Parliament]], p. 13, n. 140.</ref> 1826<ref>[[#HP1986|Hellenic Parliament]], p. 21, n. 95.</ref> and 1843<ref>[[#HP1986|Hellenic Parliament]], p. 127, n. 39.</ref>). During the period of the government of [[Ioannis Kapodistrias|Kapodistrias]] he served as extraordinary commissioner of the [[Northern Sporades]] but eventually joined the anti-government opposition forces. In 1835 he was appointed mayor of Aigio,<ref>{{in lang|el}} www.et.gr: [http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wFgZArubKTwPXdtvSoClrL8mwqrihVEQjztIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6qSYtMQEkEHLwnFqmgJSA5WIsluV-nRwO1oKqSe4BlOTSpEWYhszF8P8UqWb_zFijA3Oo_nn0DqXU6ijrkDNTLdoOr6rl9AfkFwyIvtHYVEh ΦΕΚ A 13] (2 May 1835).</ref> he held this position until 1837. In 1850 he was elected member of parliament for [[Aigialeia]] and in 1853 he was elected [[senator]].<ref>[[#HP1986|Hellenic Parliament]], p. 63, n. 45.</ref> In 1854–1855 he served as [[Minister of Justice]] in the government of [[Alexandros Mavrokordatos|Mavrokordatos]], while in 1855–1856 he took over the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in the government of [[Dimitrios Voulgaris]].

He died in 1856 while serving as a senator of [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]].

== Family == He was the brother of [[Andreas Londos]], [[Loukas Londos]] and Maria Messinezi.{{fact|date=February 2025}} His father{{fact|date=February 2025}} [[Sotirakis Londos]] was a distinguished Greek politician.

== References == {{reflist|3}}

==Sources== * {{cite web |title=Register of Recipients, Senators and Members of the Parliament 1822–1935 |language=el |publisher=Hellenic Parliament |year=1986 |location=Athens |url=https://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/1822-1935.pdf |access-date=9 May 2020 |ref=HP1986}}

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