Michael Soutzos

Michael Soutzos
Soutzos as hospodar of Moldavia, 1820
Prince of Moldavia
Reign12 June 1819 – 29 March 1821
PredecessorScarlat Callimachi
SuccessorStolnici Manu and Rizo-Nerulos
Born1778 or 1784
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(now Istanbul, Turkey)
Died12 June 1864
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
(now Athens, Greece)
HouseSoutzos family
ReligionOrthodox

Michael Soutzos (Greek: Μιχαήλ Σούτζος, Romanian: Mihail Suțu; 1778 or 1784 – 12 June 1864), was a member of the Soutzos family of Phanariotes, he was the grandson of Michael Drakos Soutzos; he was in turn a Prince of Moldavia, between 12 June 1819 and 29 March 1821. He was initiated into Filiki Eteria, he supported the Greek revolution in Moldavia and Wallachia and after the creation of the Greek state, he served as ambassador of the country abroad.