1933
Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (born 1858)
Alexandros Kontoulis
Greek general (1859–1933)
- Died
- 1933
Alexandros Kontoulis was a Greek military officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the Hellenic Army. He was among the driving minds behind the Macedonian Struggle and was involved in the Albanian national movement, with the nom de guerre of Kapetan Skourtis. Kontoulis fought with distinction in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and the First Balkan War, where he was heavily wounded. In the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, he commanded the I Army Corps on the southern sector of the Greek front from February 1921 to June 1922. After his retirement, he served as ambassador to Albania.