Agamemnon Avgerinos
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Agamemnon Avgerinos was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 politician and leader of the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

 of 1821.

He was born in Pyrgos
Pyrgos, Elis
Pyrgos is the capital of the Elis peripheral unit in Greece. It is named after a local tower. The city is located in the western part of the Peloponnese, in the middle of a plain near the Ionian Sea. It is 96 km away from Patras via Greek National Road 9, 320 km from Athens, and...

, the son of Georgios Avgerinos
Georgios Avgerinos
Georgios Avgerinos was a Greek trader and leader or the Greek War of Independence of 1821.-Biography:...

, a descendant of the Pyrgiotiki family. He studied for a doctorate in Italy
Italy
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 and was elected a member in Pyrgos. He ministered as chief doctor during the revolution
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

 and was leader of weaponry with Andreas Londos
Andreas Londos
Andreas Londos was a Greek military leader and politician. Born in Vostitsa in 1786, he was initiated into the Filiki Eteria in 1818 and was one of the first military leaders to raise the banner of revolt in the Peloponnese during the Greek War of Independence.On 26 January 1821, under the ruse of...

 and Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....

. During the revolution, he was a representative of Elis
Elis Prefecture
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 in the second and the third national assembly
Third National Assembly at Troezen
The Third Greek National Assembly at Troezen was convened during the latter stages of the Greek Revolution.- Convening of the Assembly :The long-delayed Third National Assembly was initially convened in April 1826 at Piada, but cut short by the news of the Fall of Missolonghi. Attempts to arrange...

. He was foreign minister
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)
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 during the government of Zinovios Valvis
Zinovios Valvis
Zinovios Zafirios I. Valvis was a Greek politician and Prime Minister. Valvis was born in 1800 in Missolonghi. He first studied theology but switched to law, furthering his studies in Italy. Valvis married Arsinoe Ratzikosta and fathered nine children...

 in 1863. Between 1858 and 1859, he was Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament
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He died in 1865.
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