Ioannis Krestenitis (elder)
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Ioannis Krestenitis 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....

 revolutionary leader during 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...

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He was responsible for economics during the revolution in the province of Pyrgos. At the end, he retired from politics since he was old and moved himself in place with his brother Lykourgos Krestenitis
Lykourgos Krestenitis
Lykourgos Krestenitis was a Greek politician during the early decades of the modern Greek state.Krestenitis was born in Pyrgos in Ilia in 1793, to Ioannis Krestenitis. He studied in Zante and later at the Ionian Academy. He entered the Filiki Eteria and upon the outbreak of the Greek Revolution,...

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