Georgios Kountouriotis; lithography by Karl Krazeisen. Kountouriotis (1782–1858) was a Greek ship-owner and politician who served as prime minister from March to October 1848. He was the brother of Lazaros Kountouriotis, another ship-owner of the Greek War of Independence. When the War of Independence broke out, Georgios, along with the rest of his family, supported the effort with generous donations as well as with their ships.