Andreas Kopasis

Andreas Kopasis was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1908 to 1912. His tenure was widely regarded as pro-Turkish and tyrannical. His bringing in of additional Ottoman troops in 1908 caused a revolt to break out among the Samians, which was quelled brutally by further Ottoman reinforcements. The leaders of the pro-Greek opposition, including Themistoklis Sophoulis, fled the island for Greece. Kopasis was assassinated by a pro-Sophoulis agent on 24 March 1912.The determination of the Hegemon of Samos never wavered, trying by every means to impose order and Ottoman rule on the island, suppressing every outbreak of violence and disorder.

Kopasis was assassinated following a plan prepared by the Macedonian fighters Stavros Kazantzis (Baretis) and Athanasios Stavroudis and the "Macedonian Committee of Athens", allied to Sofoulis, on 9/22 March 1912, with his entourage also killing Stavros Baretis.