Georgios Verovits
| Georgios Verovits | |
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| Prince of Samos | |
| In office 1895–1896 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Karatheodori Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Stephanos Mousouros |
| Wāli of Crete | |
| In office 28 Jun 1896 – 14 Feb 1897 | |
| Preceded by | Abdullah Pasha |
| Succeeded by | Musavir Ismail Bey (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1845 |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
Georgios Verovits was a Greek Orthodox Ottoman statesmen who served as Governor-General (wāli) of Crete and Prince of Samos.
He came from Skodra in Albania. He was appointed to several administrative positions of Turkey. Before coming to Samos, he was a counsellor in the vilayet administration of Crete.
He settled the economy of the island and he was generally successful in his administration and popular with the Samians. Among other measures, he tried unsuccessfully to institute the permanence of civil servants, but reinforced the freedom of the press, promoted agriculture, and in 1895 he set up the Archaeological Museum of Samos.
He said in a speech before the Samian Parliament : "The Parliament and I have common boundaries. You shouldn't trespass my boundaries and I shouldn't trespass yours. So, we will be friends for ever".
He was dismissed by the Porte while he was on a tour at the Marathokampos region. His dismissal was generally viewed unfavourably by the Samian population.
After this, he served as governor of Crete for a year, from 1896 to 1897.
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