Zinovios Zafirios I. Valvis was a Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 politician and Prime Minister

Prime Minister of Greece

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. Valvis was born in 1800 in Missolonghi. He first studied theology but switched to law, furthering his studies in Italy

Italy

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. Valvis married Arsinoe Ratzikosta and fathered nine children. He twice served as prime minister but fell on hard times in his old age, dying impoverished in 1872 after refusing a state pension so as not to be a burden on the Greek state. Zinovios Valvis was the brother of Dimitrios Valvis

Dimitrios Valvis

Dimitrios Valvis was a Greek politician and Prime Minister. Born in Messolonghi, he was the brother of another Prime Minister, Zinovios Valvis. He served as President of the Supreme Court from 1872 to 1885...

 who also served as Prime Minister. He died in Missolonghi in 1886.