- Ioannis Zaimis
Infobox_Person
name = Ioannis Zaimis
"Ιωάννης Ζαΐμης"
1stMayor of Patras June 26 ,1836 -June 25 ,1837
birth_date = 1797
birth_place =Patras , (nowGreece )
death_date = 20th century
death_place =Patras ,Greece
nationality =
occupation =politician ,mayor of Patras Ioannis Zaimis (Greek: Ιωάννης Ζαΐμης, 1797-1882) was a Greek politician of
Achaia and the first Mayor ofPatras .He was born in 1797 and was the son of
Asimakis Zaimis , part of the famousZaimis family that produced famous revolutionary heroes. He took part of the revolution of 1821 and battled forPatras . He married Angeliki Kanakari-Roufo. He became the first mayor of Patras in 1836 and was an antiroyalist. A year later, he would leave the mayor's seat andIoannis Boukaouris took over as the second mayor. In the second municipal (city) election in 1837, he was president of the municipal countil. He was a politician ofKalavryta in 1841 and in 1843, he returned being a municipal council. 150 years later, a relative of his familyAndreas Zaimis became without luck in the mayor's seat.He died on
September 24 ,1882 . He was uncle of the Prime MinisterThrasivoulos Zaimis .References
*"1836-2006 Dimarchoi Patreon" ("1836-2006 Δήμαρχοι Πατρέων" = "Mayors Of Patras From 1836 Until 2006"), Petros Psomas, Donti ISBN 960-88046-2-0
*"The first version of the article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)Succession
preceded="Dimitrios Retiniotis" (chief)
office=Mayor ofPatras
(1836-1837)
succeeded=Ioannis Boukaouris
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