Achilleas Gerokostopoulos

Achilleas Gerokostopoulos Αχιλλέας Γεροκωστόπουλος
Born	1850 Patero, Greece
Died	1900 Patras, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Occupation(s)	politician, minister of Education

Achilleas Gerokostopoulos (Greek: Αχιλλέας Γεροκωστόπουλος, 1850–1900) was a Greek politician, a member of the Greek parliament and a Minister of Education (1890–1892). He was born in the village Patero, one of the Katsanochoria villages, near Ioannina, Greece. He ran for mayor of Patras. He was a member of the Greek Parliament for the district of Achaia in 1885, 1887 and 1890. He built all the regional gymnasiums.

He died on the 15 February 1900. He was honoured with a street name (Gerokostopoulou Street) that runs from Karaiskaki Street west to Othonos-Amalias Avenue via the Georgiou I Square with a 150 m gap. The gap has been sealed to traffic since 2004.

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