Ottoman-era Greek primates

Prime Minister of Greece (1791–1840)

Greek politician (1786-1846)

thumb|150px|right|Ioannis Logothetis, proestos of Livadeia, by Louis Dupré The kodjabashis (; singular κοτζάμπασης, kotzabasis; ; from from and ) were local Christian notables in parts of the Ottoman Balkans, most often referring to Ottoman Greece and especially the Peloponnese. They were also known in Greek as proestoi or prokritoi (προεστοί/πρόκριτοι, "primates") or demogerontes (δημογέροντες, "elders of the people"). In some places they were elected (such in the islands for example), but, especially in the Peloponnese, they soon became a hereditary oligarchy, who exercised considerable infl

Greek politician

Greek politician

Macedonian revolutionary