Anastasios Londos

Anastasios Londos (Greek: Ἀναστάσιος Λόντος; c. 1791 – 1856) was a Greek politician, mayor of Aigio and senator of the Kingdom of Greece.

Anastasios Londos
Ἀναστάσιος Λόντος
Born	c. 1791 Aigio, Achaea, Ottoman Empire
Died	1856 Greece
Nationality	Greece
Occupation	Politician
Years active	1823–1856
Father	Sotirakis Londos
Relatives	Maria Messinezi [d] (sister) Andreas Londos (brother) Loukas Londos [d] (brother)
Mayor of Aigio
In office 1835–1837
Member of parliament for Aigialeia
In office 1850–1853
Senator of Greece
In office 1853–1856
Greek Minister of Justice
In office 1854–1855
Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1855–1856

Early life

He was born in Aigio in about 1791 and was the child of a powerful family of nobles. He was sent to Pisa to study medicine but with the outbreak of the revolution of 1821 he returned to Greece, as a result of which he interrupted his studies.

Political career

He was elected representative of the province of Vostitsa in the Astros National Assembly in 1823 and took part in totally three of the Greek National Assemblies (1823,^[1] 1826^[2] and 1843^[3]). During the period of the government of Kapodistrias he served as extraordinary commissioner of the Northern Sporades but eventually joined the anti-government opposition forces. In 1835 he was appointed mayor of Aigio,^[4] he held this position until 1837. In 1850 he was elected member of parliament for Aigialeia and in 1853 he was elected senator.^[5] In 1854–1855 he served as Minister of Justice in the government of Mavrokordatos, while in 1855–1856 he took over the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the government of Dimitrios Voulgaris.

He died in 1856 while serving as a senator of Greece.

Family

He was the brother of Andreas Londos, Loukas Londos and Maria Messinezi.^{[citation needed]} His father^{[citation needed]} Sotirakis Londos was a distinguished Greek politician.