George Stravelakis: The Enslaved Greek who Became Ruler of Tunisia

George Stravelakis: The Enslaved Greek who Became Ruler of Tunisia

George Stravelakis: The Enslaved Greek who Became Ruler of Tunisia. Credit: Wikipedia commons George Stravelakis, sometimes called “Halkias,” was an enslaved Greek man from the island of Chios who rose to become the Prime Minister of Tunisia in the 1860s. By Antonis Chaldeos Stravelakis was born in 1817 on the island of Chios. During the atrocity of the Chios massacre, Georgios’s father was killed, while George, along with his brother Ioannis an…