Pavlos Kountouriotis was a Greek rear admiral during the Balkan Wars, regent, and the first and third President of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Pvlos Kountouriotis was born on the island of Hydra to Theodoros Kountouriotis, son of Gergios, and Loukia Negreponte. He was the second of nine children, including Ioannis Kountouriotis. Little is known of Pvlos childhood. In 1875, following his familys longstanding naval tradition, he joined the Royal Hellenic Navy, presumably in the rank of Ensign.
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