Zinovios Valvis

Zinovios Valvis
Ζηνόβιος Βάλβης
Prime Minister of Greece
In office
11 February 1863 – 25 March 1863 (o.s.)
Monarchvacant
Preceded byAristidis Moraitinis
Succeeded byDiomidis Kyriakos
In office
16 April 1864 – 26 July 1864 (o.s.)
MonarchGeorge I of Greece
Preceded byKonstantinos Kanaris
Succeeded byKonstantinos Kanaris
Minister for Finance
In office
28 July 1849 – 10 May 1850
Preceded byLykourgos Krestenitis
Succeeded byAnastasios Lontos
Minister for Justice
In office
12 October 1849 – 10 May 1850
Preceded byDimitrios Kallergis
Succeeded byNikolaos Chrisogelos
Personal details
Born1800
Missolonghi, Ottoman Empire (modern Greece)
Died25 August 1886(1886-08-25) (aged 85–86)
Missolonghi, Greece
Political partyIndependent
EducationHalki seminary University of Pisa

Zinovios Zafirios I. Valvis (Greek: Ζηνόβιος-Ζαφείριος Ι. Βάλβης; 1800 – 25 August 1886) was a Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. Valvis was born in 1800 in Missolonghi.[1][2] He first studied theology at the Theological School of Halki[3] but switched to law, furthering his studies in Pisa, Italy.[1][4] Valvis married Arsinoe Ratzikosta and fathered nine children. He twice served as prime minister but fell on hard times in his old age, dying impoverished in 1872 after refusing a state pension so as not to be a burden on the Greek state. Zinovios Valvis was the brother of Dimitrios Valvis who also served as prime minister. He died in Missolonghi in 1886.

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