Andreas Kopasis
Prince of Samos
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| Intro | Prince of Samos | |
| Places | Ottoman Empire | |
| was | Politician Governor | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 1856, Sfakia Municipality, Crete Region, Decentralized Administration of Crete, Greece | |
| Death | 22 March 1912Samos, North Aegean Region, Greece (aged 56 years) |
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Andreas Kopasis was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1908 to 1912. His tenure was widely regarded as pro-Turkish and tyrannical. His bringing in of additional Ottoman troops in 1908 caused a revolt to break out among the Samians, which was quelled brutally by further Ottoman reinforcements. The leaders of the pro-Greek opposition, including Themistoklis Sophoulis, fled the island for Greece. Kopasis was assassinated by a pro-Sophoulis agent on 22 March 1912.