Andreas Metaxas

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Andreas Metaxas (1790-1860). Oil painting Athens, National Historical Museum

Andreas Metaxas (Greek: Ανδρέας Μεταξάς) (1786 - September 19, 1860) was a Greek politician born on the island of Cephalonia.

During the latter part of the War of Independence (1824-1827) he accompanied Capo d'Istria to Greece, and was appointed by him Minister of War. He was a devout supporter of Kapodistrias and after his assassination in 1831, Metaxas became a member of the provisional government which held office till the accession of King Otho in 1833. During the minority of Otho he was named privy councillor and minister at Madrid and Lisbon. He was a leader in the so-called Russian Party which was the most conservative of the three early parties.

In 1840 he was recalled and appointed minister of war. In 1843-1844 he was president of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister), and he subsequently held the post of ambassador at Constantinople from 1850 to 1854. He died in Athens in 1860.

Preceded by King Otto (absolute monarch)	Prime Minister of Greece 14 September 1843 - 11 March 1844	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 \| Spiridon Lampros \| 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