Ioannis Poutetsis was a Greek

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 revolutionary leader from the region of Epirus

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, in the early 20th century.

Poutetsis was born in the village of Stegopuli (Lunxhëri

Lunxhëri

Lunxhëri is a municipality in the district of Gjirokastër, Gjirokastër County, Albania. The municipality consists of the villages Qestorat, Dhoksat, Këllëz, Mingul, Nokovë, Erind, Gjat, Kakoz, Karjan and Valare....

), near Gjirokastër

Gjirokastër

Gjirokastër is a city in southern Albania with a population of 43,000. Lying in the historical region of Epirus, it is the capital of both the Gjirokastër District and the larger Gjirokastër County...

. From September 1908 he became the leader of one of the most notable Greek guerrilla groups that operated in the area of Ioannina

Ioannina

Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...

 before the outbreak of the imminent Balkan Wars

Balkan Wars

The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe in 1912 and 1913.By the early 20th century, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, the countries of the Balkan League, had achieved their independence from the Ottoman Empire, but large parts of their ethnic...

 (1912–1913), adopting the nom de guerre Vorgias.

He used the monastery of Saint Paraskevi near the village of Pramanta

Pramanta

Pramanta is a village and a former municipality in the Ioannina peripheral unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality North Tzoumerka, of which it is a municipal unit. Its 2001 population was 1,422 for the town, 1,845 for the community and 2,194 for...

 as his base of operations and fought several skirmishes against Ottoman detachments. On September 26, 1912, his group was defeated near Delvinë

Delvinë

Delvinë is a small town in Vlorë County in southern Albania, 16 km northeast of Saranda. Delvinë is the seat of the Delvinë District. Delvinë has lost over a third of its citizens since 1990, having a population of 4,200 .The city is built on a mountain slope...

 in a battle against Albanian

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groups and an Ottoman detachment, and Poutetsis was killed.