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  | term_start3        = 15 January, 1822
  | term_start3        = 15 January, 1822
  | term_end3          = 15 January, 1826
  | term_end3          = 15 January, 1826
  | alongside3 = ''Various''
  | alongside3 = ''various''
| predecessor3 = ''Office established''
| successor3 = ''Various''
| office4            = Consul of the Republic of Theodoro
| term_start4        = 11 February, 1820
| term_end4          = 11 February, 1822 (''de jure'') <br> 31 December, 1834 (''de facto'')
| alongside4 = Alexandros Kanaris
| predecessor4 = ''Office established''
| successor4 = ''Office abolished''
  | birth_date      = 1789
  | birth_date      = 1789
  | birth_place    = Despotate of the Parathalassias, [[Timeline_of_Theodoran_History#Third_Serene_Principality_(1643-1820)|Serene Principality of Theodoro]]
  | birth_place    = Despotate of the Parathalassias, [[Timeline_of_Theodoran_History#Third_Serene_Principality_(1643-1820)|Serene Principality of Theodoro]]

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Ahmed Karamanides
Dionysios Tsokos, Portrait of Ilias Mavromichalis (19th century).jpg
Consul of Theodoro-Samos
In office
1 January, 1835 – 31 December, 1837
Serving with Dimitrios Christidis
Preceded byBruna Fyder
Succeeded byBruna Fyder
In office
1 January, 1831 – 31 December, 1833
Serving with Dimitrios Christidis
Preceded byAlexandros Kanaris
Succeeded byBruna Fyder
In office
1 January, 1827 – 31 December, 1829
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAlexandros Kanaris
Consul of Revolutionary Rumelia
In office
15 January, 1822 – 15 January, 1826
Serving with various
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byVarious
Consul of the Republic of Theodoro
In office
11 February, 1820 – 11 February, 1822 (de jure)
31 December, 1834 (de facto)
Serving with Alexandros Kanaris
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Personal details
Born1789
Despotate of the Parathalassias, Serene Principality of Theodoro
Died14 October, 1838 (age 49)
Doros, Principality of Theodoro, Theodoro-Samos
Political partyPeasant-Footsoldier Faction (1819-1822)
Moderate Party (1822-1827)
Populares (1827-1838)

Ahmed Karamanides, sometimes known as Adam Karamanides, was a Theodoran revolutionary, military leader, and statesman of Crimean Tatar descent. Born in 1789 to a Tatar family that had converted to Orthodox Christianity, Karamanides gained prominence as a peasant leader during the Theodoran Revolution of 1819. After joining with Alexandros Kanaris to lead the peasant-footsoldier faction to victory, Karamanides became a Consul (joint head of state) of the new Republic of Theodoro. Soon after becoming Consul, Karamanides became involved in the cause of the Greek revolutionaries, and participated in the formation of Revolutionary Rumelia, allying with various Maniot, Continental Greek, Insular, and Danubian entities against the Ottoman Empire. Theodoran support, coupled with Karamanides' close relationship with the leaders of Russia, has been cited as a key reason for the success of the Greek revolutionaries in defeating the Ottomans and establishing the First Hellenic Republic; nonetheless, the Greeks soon seceded from Rumelia. Karamanides subsequently oversaw the consolidation of the alliance's remaining members, the Republic of Theodoro and the Military-Political System of Samos, into a new, more unified state, known colloquially as Theodoro-Samos. Karamanides went on to serve three non-consecutive terms as a Consul of Theodoro-Samos, remaining politically active until his death in 1838.