Antonios Antonopoulos
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Antonios Antonopoulos (1805–1887) was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 politician of Achaia and a mayor of Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

.

He was born in Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 sixteen years before the Greek Revolution
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

. He was elected mayor of Patras in 1847 and the government was created. He was an anti-monarchist and deposed himself in the same day, staying in the mayoral chair for one day. In that way, in the place where Konstantinos Skourletis
Konstantinos Skourletis
Konstantinos Skourletis was a Greek politician and a mayor of Patras.He became a mayor of the city from 1844 until 1851. In 1847 due to the downgrading which prevailed in that time, Antonios Antonopoulos succeeded as mayor of the city in which he was an anti-royalist, other he was a royalist...

 succeeded.

Antanopoulos was elected in that year to the municipal council; from 1841, he became president of the municipal council. His father Dimitrios Antonopoulos was a minority leader in the national council of Troizina (Troezen) and councillor. His brother Ioannis Antonopoulos
Ioannis Antonopoulos
Ioannis Antonopoulos was a Greek politician and a mayor of Patras.He was born in Patras and was the son of Dimitrios Antonopoulos. He later studied law in Corfu and worked as a judge. He was elected mayor of Patras in 1851 and served until 1885...

 tried to be mayor of Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

and a judge minister. He was awarded the Aristeio of Agonos and a few others.

Antonois Antonopoulos died in Patras in 1887.
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