11 Facts About Ion Dragoumis

Ion Dragoumis was a Greek diplomat, philosopher, writer and revolutionary.

The Dragoumis family was a prominent Greek family, which originated from Vogatsiko in Kastoria regional unit.

Ion Dragoumis studied law at Athens University and, in 1899, entered the diplomatic branch of the Greek Foreign Ministry.

In 1902, Ion Dragoumis was made deputy consul in the Greek consulate at Monastir.

In 1905, during his time as the Vice-Consul of Greece in Alexandria, Ion Dragoumis met and started a love affair with the writer Penelope Delta, who was married to the businessman Stephanos Delta.

In 1909, the Goudi Revolt broke out and his father, Stephanos Ion Dragoumis became Prime Minister of Greece.

Ion Dragoumis managed to dictate 1000 pages of manuscripted comments on Dragoumis' work, before deciding to take her own life in 1941.

Ion Dragoumis considered that the nation is superior than the state, which must serve the nation.

Ion Dragoumis was a supporter of Greek irredentism, to include as many Greek lands and population as possible in the Greek state, but did not embrace the Megali Idea, with the capture of Constantinople, which he regarded as an anachronistic concept.

Ion Dragoumis believed that Hellenism was a power of civilization in the East and so would predominate.

Ion Dragoumis supported preserving the Greek communities in Asia Minor and the Middle East.