Demetrios Alexatos

{{Short description|National Commissioner of the Scouts of Greece from 1948 to 1965}}

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Demetrios Alexatos ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος Αλεξάτος}}; 26 October 1919 in Constantinople – 8 April 2001 in Athensfrontispiece of 2007 edition of Alexatos, Demetrios (1997), Scouting: a Wonderful World, published by the Scouts of Greece (in Greek)) Scout name "Rann", meaning "Brahminy kite" from The Jungle Book, served as the National Commissioner of the Scouts of Greece for 17 years,{{cite web |url=http://photoarc.sep.org.gr/displayimage-1559.htmlalbums/userpics/displayimage-38-1116.html |title=Πρόσωπα - Ο Δημήτριος Αλεξάτος - Σώμα Ελλήνων Προσκόπων |website=Photoarc.sep.org.gr |date= |access-date=2016-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510174356/http://photoarc.sep.org.gr/displayimage-1559.htmlalbums/userpics/displayimage-38-1116.html |archive-date=2017-05-10 |url-status=dead }} from 1948 to 1965, on the personal recommendation of king Paul of Greece,{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} Camp Chief of the 11th World Scout Jamboree held 1–11 August 1963 in Marathon,{{cite web|url=http://www.marathon1963.com/11,00.html|title=Facts about the 11th World Jamboree}} as well as an elected member of the World Scout Committee from 1957 to 1963.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

Alexatos was born 26 October 1919 to parents from Cephalonia in the Ionian Islands in western Greece, who had lived in Constantinople for many years. He gave his Scout promise in 1932 at the 9th Troop of Athens. He was married but he did not have any children. During World War II he served in the Royal Hellenic Navy, and he went to Alexandria where he was a leader of the Greek Rover Scouts.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}

He was first elected as secretary of the Scouts of Greece, and in 1952 he was awarded the highest Greek Scout medal, and the Silver Wolf Award,{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} the highest award made by The Scout Association of the United Kingdom "for services of the most exceptional character."

Alexatos introduced the current World Scout Emblem at the 8th World Scout Jamboree in 1955.John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 268

In 1963, Alexatos was awarded the 29th Bronze Wolf Award,https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129053624/https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/List |date=2020-11-29 }} Bronze Wolf Award winners the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.

He was the only Scout in Greece who was voted honorary President of the Greek Scouts.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}} The Greek National Scout Center was named in his honor.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.scoutsofathens.gr/%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%82-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82-%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%80/ |title=Δράση Προσφοράς για Κοινότητες: "Αγαπώ – Προσφέρω – Ζωντανεύω τον Παρνασσό" - Πρόσκοποι Αθήνας |website=Scoutsofathens.gr |date= 2013-11-23|accessdate=2016-10-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lamiareport.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102006&Itemid=3 |title=Δείτε φώτο από τη φετινή κατασκήνωση των Προσκόπων Λαμίας στον Παρνασσό |website=Lamiareport.gr |date=2010-04-22 |accessdate=2016-10-19}} In the Athens Scout headquarters, visitors are able to see his Scout collections.{{citation needed|date=October 2016}}