Konstantinos Adosidis

Biography:

Konstantinos Adosidis was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1873 to 1874 and again from 1879 to 1885. A native of Kayseri 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.