Andreas Kopasis
Prince of Samos
In office
January 1908  22 March 1912
Preceded byGeorgios Georgiadis
Succeeded byGrigorios Vegleris
Personal details
Born1856
Sfakia
Died22 March 1912
Samos

Andreas Kopasis was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1908 to 1912. His tenure was widely regarded as pro-Turkish and tyrannical. His bringing in of additional Ottoman troops in 1908 caused a revolt to break out among the Samians, which was quelled brutally by further Ottoman reinforcements. The leaders of the pro-Greek opposition, including Themistoklis Sophoulis, fled the island for Greece. Kopasis was assassinated by a pro-Sophoulis agent on 22 March 1912.

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