Antonios Kriezis

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Portrait of Antonios Kriezis

Antonios Kriezis (Greek: Αντώνιος Κριεζής) (1796–1865) was a soldier who fought in the Greek War of Independence of 1821 and later served as a Prime Minister of Greece.

Kriezis is descended from a well-known family of the island of Hydra and was born in Troezen in 1796. In July 1821, he served in the Greek navy and he took part in the nautical battles in Samos and the battle of Spetses. In 1825 with Konstantinos Kanaris, he set fire to an Egyptian boat inside the port of Alexandria. In 1828, John Capodistria placed him in command of a navy squadron and in 1829, he captured Vonitsa from the Ottomans.

Under King Otto in 1836, he became minister of the navy and later served as Prime Minister of Greece from December 24, 1849 until May 28, 1854. He was succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris.

He died in Athens in 1865.

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Kriezis (D-217), a battleship in service between 1980 and 1993, was named after him.

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Preceded by Konstantinos Kanaris	Prime Minister of Greece 1849–1854	Succeeded by Konstantinos Kanaris

Heads of Government of Greece

Revolutionary Greece (1821-1832)	Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Athanasios Kanakaris \| Petros Mavromichalis \| Georgios Kountouriotis \| Andreas Zaimis \| Ioannis Capodistrias \| Augustinos Kapodistrias
Kingdom of Greece (1832-1924)	Spyridon Trikoupis \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Ioannis Kolettis \| Josef Ludwig von Armansperg \| Ignaz von Rundhart \| Otto of Greece \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Otto of Greece \| Andreas Metaxas \| Constantine Kanaris \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Ioannis Kolettis \| Kitsos Tzavelas \| Georgios Kountouriotis \| Constantine Kanaris \| Antonios Kriezis \| Constantine Kanaris \| Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Athanasios Miaoulis \| Gennaios Kolokotronis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Aristidis Moraitinis \| Zinovios Valvis \| Diomidis Kiriakos \| Benizelos Rouphos \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Constantine Kanaris \| Zinovios Valvis \| Constantine Kanaris \| Benizelos Rouphos \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \|Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Benizelos Rouphos \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Aristidis Moraitinis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Thrasivoulos Zaimis \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Thrasivoulos Zaimis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Dimitrios Voulgaris \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Epameinontas Deligeorgis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Constantine Kanaris \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Alexandros Koumoundouros \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Dimitrios Valvis \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Konstantinos Konstantopoulos \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Sotirios Sotiropoulos \| Charilaos Trikoupis \| Nikolaos Deligiannis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Theodoros Deligiannis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Georgios Theotokis \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis \| Stephanos Dragoumis \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Dimitrios Gounaris \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Stephanos Skouloudis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos \| †Eleftherios Venizelos \| Spyridon Lambros \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Dimitrios Rallis \| Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos \| Dimitrios Gounaris \| Nikolaos Stratos \| Petros Protopapadakis \| Nikolaos Triantaphillakos \| Anastasios Charalambis \| Sotirios Krokidas \| Stylianos Gonatas \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Georgios Kaphantaris
Second Hellenic Republic (1924-1935)	Alexandros Papanastasiou \| Themistoklis Sophoulis \| Andreas Michalakopoulos \| §Theodoros Pangalos \| §Athanasios Eftaxias \| Georgios Kondylis \| Alexandros Zaimis \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Alexandros Papanastasiou \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Panagis Tsaldaris \| Eleftherios Venizelos \| Alexandros Othonaios \| Panagis Tsaldaris \| Georgios Kondylis
Kingdom of Greece (1935-1967/74)	Konstantinos Demertzis \| Ioannis Metaxas \| Alexandros Koryzis \| †Emmanouil Tsouderos \| ^Georgios Tsolakoglu \| ^Konstantinos Logothetopoulos \| ^Ioannis Rallis \| †Evripidis Mpakirtzis \| †Sophoklis Venizelos \| †Alexandros Svolos \| †George Papandreou \| Nikolaos Plastiras \| Petros Voulgaris \| Archbishop Damaskinos \| Panagiotis Kanellopoulos \| Themistoklis Sophoulis \| Panagiotis Poulitsas \| Konstantinos Tsaldaris \| Dimitrios Maximos \| Konstantinos Tsaldaris \| Themistoklis Sophoulis \| †Markos Vafiadis \| †Nikolaos Zachariadis \| †Dimitrios Partsalidis \| Alexandros Diomidis \| Ioannis Theotokis \| Sophoklis Venizelos \| Nikolaos Plastiras \| Sophoklis Venizelos \| Nikolaos Plastiras \| Dimitrios Kiousopoulos \| Alexander Papagos \| Constantine Karamanlis \| Konstantinos Georgakopoulos \| Constantine Karamanlis \| Konstantinos Dovas \| Constantine Karamanlis \| Panagiotis Pipinelis \| Stylianos Mavromichalis \| George Papandreou \| Ioannis Paraskevopoulos \| George Papandreou \| Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas \| Ilias Tsirimokos \| Stephanos Stephanopoulos \| Ioannis Paraskevopoulos \| Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Military Junta (1967-1974)	§Konstantinos Kollias \| §Georgios Papadopoulos \| §Spiros Markezinis \| §Adamantios Androutsopoulos
Third Hellenic Republic (1974-)	Constantine Karamanlis \| George Rallis \| Andreas Papandreou \| Tzannis Tzannetakis \| Yiannis Grivas \| Xenophon Zolotas \| Constantine Mitsotakis \| Andreas Papandreou \| Costas Simitis \| Kostas Karamanlis
	§ denotes head of a military government † denotes head of a rival government not controlling Athens ^ denotes head of government during the Axis Occupation