Anastasios George Leventis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Greek Cypriot businessman
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Place of Birth: Republic of Cyprus, Cyprus
About Anastasios George Leventis
- Anastasios George Leventis (Greek: ??ast?s??? G.
- ?eĆ??t??; December 1902 ā October 25, 1978) was a Greek Cypriot businessman who founded a major merchandise trading firm, A.G.
- Leventis (Nigeria) Plc, in West Africa.
- A dominant figure in the economy of many West African countries and especially Nigeria, he was awarded the title of Babalaje of Egbaland by Alake Ladapo Ademola.
- The Egba Scholarship Scheme popularly known as "A.G.
- Leventis (Egba) Scholarship Scheme" which award study funds to both undergraduate and postgraduate students of Abeokuta and Egbaland in general was coined after his name and it still exist till date. His daughter Fotini married politician Tassos Papadopoulos, who eventually became President of Cyprus.
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