Thanasis Vagias

Thanasis Vagias (; ; 1765–1834) was a Greek governor in the newly founded Greek state, who had previously served as a counselor and confidant of Ali Pasha, the Muslim Albanian ruler of the Pashalik of Yanina.

Biography Thanasis Vagias was born in Lekël, Tepelenë. He was the older brother of Loukas Vagias. When the Greek War of Independence ended, Vagias moved to the newly founded Greek state and was given a government post and later acquired a pension, by the head of state of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias.

Legacy According to various authors, Vagias was wrongly regarded as a traitor of the Greek cause by various historians and authors of that period, like Ioannis Makrygiannis, Aristotelis Valaoritis, and Alexandre Dumas, père. Valaoritis's masterpiece was titled Thanasis Vagias after him. In this work, Vagias is presented as a traitor, who after his death returns to his home place as a vampire.