Petros Zappas

Petros Zappas (Greek: Πέτρος Ζάππας) was an entrepreneur and politician and a member of the Zappas family of national benefactors originally from Labovë^[1] of Greek^[2][3] or Aromanian descent.^[4][5][6][7] This village would later form part of the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. In World War I, during Greek administration between October 1914 and September 1916, Petros Zappas was elected as member of the Greek Parliament for the Argyrokastron Prefecture (1915–1917) in the December 1915 elections.^[8]

See also

• Evangelos Zappas
• Konstantinos Zappas

References

1. Αρχεία Εθνικών Ευεργετών Αθήνα 1930, p. 20 [Archives of National Benefactors: Testaments of Evangelis and Konstantinos Zappas] (Greek)
2. Gerlach, Larry R. (2004). The Winter Olympics: From Chamonix to Salt Lake. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah Press. p. 37. ISBN 0-87480-778-6. Zappas born to a Greek family in 1800 [...]
3. Chatziefstathiou, D.; Henry, I. (30 July 2012). Discourses of Olympism: From the Sorbonne 1894 to London 2012. Springer. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-137-03556-1. Evangelios Zappas, a rich merchant of Greek origin
4. Pericles Smerlas (1999). About Greece. Some of the biggest national benefactors and personalities of the Greek history belong to Vlach families, like Pavlos Melas, Evangelos and Konstantinos Zappas, Stefanos and Ion.
5. Ioannis Kaphetzopoulos (2000). The struggle for Northern Epirus. Hellenic Army General Staff, Army History Directorate. p. 21. ISBN 9789607897404. Kolletes and Spyridon Lampros were Vlachs. So were the great national benefactors George Averoff, Nicolaos Stournares, Tositsas, Sinas, Evangelos and Konstantinos Zappas...
6. Kahl, Thede (2003). "Aromanians in Greece: Minority or Vlach-speaking Greeks?". Jahrbücher für Geschichte und Kultur Südosteuropas. 5: 213. Indeed, the list of examples of Aromanians in Greek history is quite impressive: [...] Konstantinos Zappas (1814-1892, endowed the Zappeion Hall and the surrounding gardens)
7. Jovanovski, Dalibor; Minov, Nikola (2017). "Ioannis Kolettis. The Vlach from the ruling elite of Greece". Balcanica Posnaniensia. 24 (1). Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 222. ISSN 2450-3177. Retrieved 8 May 2017. Vlachs are to be found among [...] Konstantinos Zappas
8. Ruches, Pyrrhus J. (1965). Albania's captives. Chicago: Argonaut. p. 97.