Nikolaos Vilaetis was a chief of Pyrgos and a Greek

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 politician. He descended from a famous family of Pyrgos in which he was one of the first who inhabited the area. He was the cousin of Yiannis and brother of Haralambos

Charalambos Vilaetis

Charalambos or Haralambos Vilaetis was a Greek Greek revolutionary leader. He descended from a famous family of Pyrgos in which he was one of the first who inhabited the area. He was born in 1781 and moved to Zakynthos in 1806 with the mark of sergeant next to Kolokotronis. He was a member of...

. He was the chief of Pyrgos and was elected as an attorney of Ilia in the First National Council, in December 1821, months after the start of the Greek War of Independence

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, he later entered politics.