The story of the Kazis family can only be recorded after 1825.

Due to the 1821 revolution in the mainland of Greece against the Turkish occupation, which gradually extended to the northern Balkan area, the Kazis family was chased away, because of their Greek nationality, from their homeland, the mountain Kazdagli, in Asia Minor, and arrived as refugees in the village of Saranta Ekklisies in Eastern Thrace.

The head of the family, Dimitrios Kazis (1830-1891), was a merchant of pharmaceuticals, herbs and medical preparations.

Dimitrios Kazis did not posess a high education but he spoke French and believed very highly of the value of education. He wanted all his children to go to the university.

His son, Aristidis D. Kazis (1860-1942) studied pharmacy and he founded the first official retail pharmacy in Saranta Ekklisies in 1885.

The family was further chased away to Western Thrace and Aristidis D. Kazis was forced to move is pharmacy to Komotini in 1923.

Aristidis D. Kazis had several sons out of which Michael A. Kazis (1900-1961) and Constantinos A. Kazis (1901-1980) both studied pharmacy and became pharmacists, Aristodimos A. Kazis (1910-1972) studied medicine and became medical doctor while Floros A. Kazis (1912-1988) and Christos A. Kazis (19215-1998) became pharmaceuticals wholesalers.

During world war II Constantinos A. Kazis founded a retail pharmacy in Drama but he was chased away by the Bulgarian occupation army and was forced to move to Thessaloniki where, in spite of the hazards of the war and his recruitment as a medical officer, he started a pharmaceuticals wholesaling business supplying pharmacies in the entire of Greece as well as numerous state hospitals. He was the first to import penicillin in specialty form in Greece from the U.S.A. As a result the lives of several thousand people were saved during war and during peace. 

After world war II, in 1947, Constantinos Kazis founded the pharmaceuticals wholesaling company Constantinos Kazis in the main center of Thessaloniki at 12 Venizelou street, in a historical building which still belongs to the family.

Constantinos A. Kazis had one son Micahel C. Kazis who is a pharmacist and who runs the wholesaling company today. 

Apart from Michael C. Kazis, other eminent members of the family excelling in the medical fields today are: Aristidis D. Kazis who is a professor of medicine in Thessaloniki and Nestor D. Kazis, who is a pharmacist running a successful retail pharmacy.

Today the company is called Kazis Hellas S.A.  and is run by Michael C. Kazis as president Constantinos M. Kazis junior as Sales and Accounting Manager and John M. Kazis junior as Exports and Development Manager.

Constantinos M. Kazis jr. and John M. Kazis jr. constitute the fifth generation in the history of the Kazis family in the world of pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

Today the company is called Kazis Hellas S.A.  and is run by Michael C. Kazis as president Constantinos M. Kazis junior as Sales and Accounting Manager and John M. Kazis junior as Exports and Development Manager.

Constantinos M. Kazis jr. and John M. Kazis jr. constitute the eight generation in the history of the Kazis family in the world of pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

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