Andreas Metaxas

Andreas Metaxas
Ανδρέας Μεταξάς
Andreas Metaxas, oil painting in the National Historical Museum
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 3 September 1843 – 12 February 1844 (o.s.)
Monarch	Otto
Preceded by	Otto
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Kanaris
Minister of Military Affairs
In office July 1841 – August 1841
Monarch	Otto
Prime Minister	Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Personal details
Born	1790 Kefalonia, Republic of Venice (now Greece)
Died	8 September 1860 (aged 70) Athens, Kingdom of Greece
Political party	Russian Party
Spouse	Marietta Vourvachi
Relations	Konstantinos Metaxas (cousin) Dionysios Vourvachis (brother-in-law)
Children	Spyros Metaxas Petros Metaxas
Awards	Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
Nickname(s)	Conte Lalas Κόντε Λάλας
Military service
Allegiance	First Hellenic Republic
Branch/service	Hellenic Army
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence Battle of Lalas  (WIA) Battle of the Lerna Mills

Andreas Metaxas (Greek: Ανδρέας Μεταξάς; 1790 – 19 September 1860) was a Greek politician, fighter of the Greek War of Independence and diplomat from Cephalonia. He was prime minister of Greece from 3 September 1843 to 16 February 1844. Some military leaders of the revolution (Makriyannis) gave him the ironic nickname of "Conte Lalas'" due to his injury during the Battle of Lalas.