Konstantinos Kanaris

Prime Minister of Greece

c. 1790 Psara, Ottoman Greece

2 September 1877 (aged 87) Athens, Kingdom of Greece

16 February 1844 – 30 March 1844

This article is about the Greek admiral and politician. For the Hellenic Navy ships named after him, see Greek ship Kanaris. Greek politician and admiral Konstantinos Kanaris, also anglicised as Constantine Kanaris or Canaris (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης ; c. 1790 – 2 September 1877), was a Greek admiral, Prime Minister, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.