Nikolaos Petimezas (elder)

Infobox_Person
name = Nikolaos Petimezas
"Νικόλαος Πετιμεζάς"
birth_date = 1790
birth_place = Soudena near Kalavryta, (now Greece)
death_date = 1865 (age 82)
death_place = Kalavryta, Greece
nationality =
occupation = Greek revolutionary leader

Nikolaos Petimezas (Greek: Νικόλαος Πετιμεζάς, 1790 - 1865) was a Greek revolutionary leader and a soldier during the Greek War of Independence and a politician.

He was born in 1790 and was the son of Athanassios, a part of the historic Petimezades family and the brother of Vassilios. He fled for Zakynthos (then Zante) and resided with the English batallion in the Ionian Islands and became a officer.

During the start of the revolution, he returned to the Peloponnese along with other Petmezades and won many battles. With the power of 600 men, he conquered the Mega Spilaio in 1826 and won the attack against Ibrahim. Later, he became an attorney of the province of Kalavryta and later he was elected as a politician.

He died in Kalavryta in 1865, he was erected a statue in the hear of Kalavryta.

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*"This article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)