Achilleas Gerokostopoulos

Achilleas Gerokostopoulos Αχιλλέας Γεροκωστόπουλος
Born	1850 Patero, Greece
Died	1900 Patras, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Occupation	politician, minister of Education

Achilleas Gerokostopoulos (Greek: Αχιλλέας Γεροκωστόπουλος, 1850–1900) was a Greek politician, a member of the Greek parliament and a Minister of Education (1890–1892). He was born in the village Patero, one of the Katsanochoria villages, near Ioannina, Greece. He ran for mayor of Patras. He was a member of the Greek Parliament for the district of Achaia in 1885, 1887 and 1890. He built all the regional [Gymnasium (school)|gymnasiums]].

He died on the 15 February 1900. He was honoured with a street name (Gerokostopoulou Street) that runs from Karaiskaki Street west to Othonos-Amalias Avenue via the Georgiou I Square with a 150 m gap. The gap has been sealed to traffic since 2004.

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