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Konstantinos Adosidis

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Konstantinos Adosidis
Prince of Samos
In office
1873–1874
Preceded byGeorgios Georgiadis
Succeeded byKonstantinos Photiadis
In office
4 March 1879 – 1885
Preceded byKonstantinos Photiadis
Succeeded byAlexander Karatheodori Pasha
Ottoman Governor of Crete
In office
1877–1878
Preceded byHasan Sami
Succeeded byAhmed Muhtar Pasha
Personal details
Born1818
Kayseri[citation needed]
Died1895
Büyükada[citation needed]

Konstantinos Adosidis (1818–1895) was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1873 to 1874, and again from 1879 to 1885.

A native of Kayseri,[citation needed] upon being appointed Prince of Samos he organized all the civil services of the Principality of Samos and he abolished the taxation system based on the tithe, earning him much popularity on the island After ruling for five months he was summoned back by the Ottoman Sultan in order to work elsewhere in administration of the Ottoman Empire, the Samian parliament begged the Sultan to reconsider. But he did not, disregarding the privileges and rights of the Principality of Samos, which stated that the Prince was appointed according to the will of the Samian people. He left Manolis Pyrgios as his representative to govern the island.

Appointed again as Prince of Samos in March 1879, he was welcomed back by the Samians as they remembered his fair ruling. He used to be strict and there was as a result little crimes. No trials took place during this second reign. He fought smuggling and tax favouritism. He settled the economy of th