Apostol Arsache

Apostol Arsache
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
22 January 1862 – 24 June 1862
Preceded byoffice established
Succeeded byAlexandru Cantacuzino
acting Prime Minister of Romania
In office
8 June 1862 – 23 June 1862
MonarchAlexandru Ioan Cuza
Preceded byBarbu Catargiu
Succeeded byNicolae Crețulescu
Personal details
Born1789 (1789)
Hotovë, Vilayet of Yannina, Ottoman Empire[1]
Died1869(1869-00-00) (aged 79–80)
Bucharest, Romania

Apostol Arsache (in Romanian) or Apostolos Arsakis (Greek: Απόστολος Αρσάκης; 1789 – 1869) was a Greek-Romanian politician and philanthropist. He was one of the major benefactors of 19th-century Greece,[2] while at the same time he became a leading political figure in Romania.[3]

  1. ^ "The Benefactors of Filekpaideftiki Etaireia". Φιλεκπαιδευτική Εταιρεία. Retrieved 20 January 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Alexakis, Eleftherios. "Benefaction and Benevolence: The Concept of the Pure Gift and Realization of the Community in Greece" (PDF). Academy of Athens. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. ^ Augustinos, Gerasimos (1992). The Greeks of Asia Minor : confession, community, and ethnicity in the nineteenth century. Kent, Ohio u.a.: Kent State Univ. Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-87338-459-9.