Dimitrios Botsaris
{{Short description|Greek politician and Army officer}}
Dimitrios Botsaris ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος Μπότσαρης}}; 1813–1871) was a Greek Army officer and politician. He served three times as Minister for Military Affairs.
Life
Dimitrios Botsaris was the son of Markos Botsaris,University of Chicago. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hFRQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Dimitri+Botzaris+%281813-70%29%22 Encyclopædia britannica: a new survey of universal knowledge]. Encyclopædia britannica, inc., 1946, p. 957 hero of the Greek War of Independence and captain of the Souliotes. After his father's death (1823) and the independence of Greece (1828) he studied in the military academy of Munich, Germany. He was part of the Greek delegation by the approval of the King of Greece, Otto. He graduated there in 1833.Nikolaidou, 1973, p. 411-12
Botsaris then became an artillery officer in the Greek Army.[https://books.google.com/books?id=xXpoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+son+of+Marco+Botzaris++who+was+educated+at+Munich%22 The journals and letters of George Finlay]. Porphyrogenitus, 1995. {{ISBN|978-1-871328-08-0}}, p. 786 In 1855 he became aid de camp of the king of Greece.Nikolaidou, 1973, p. 413
Dimitrios Botsaris served as Minister for Military Affairs (Greece) three times under kings Otto and George I. During his service there he founded the 'Officer's retirement fund' and the 'Fund for the treatment of non-commissioned officers and soldiers'.Nikolaidou, 1973, p. 417
Botsaris was promoted to Colonel at June 1, 1871, and became general inspector of the Army. He died at August 19 of the same year.Nikolaidou, 1973, p. 418
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Bibliography
- {{cite journal |last1=Nikolaidou |first1=Eleftheria Ι |title=Ο Δημήτριος Μάρκου Μπότσαρης (1814-1871) και η ανέκδοτη αλληλογραφία του με τον Κυβερνήτη Καποδίστρια |journal=Dodoni |date=1973 |doi=10.26268/heal.uoi.9875 |url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/29984 |access-date=21 August 2023}}
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Category:Ministers of military affairs of Greece
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