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Dimitrios Kriezis

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Dimitrios Kriezis
Dimirios Kriezis c. 1896
Native name
Δημήτριος Κριεζής
AllegianceGreece Kingdom of Greece
Service / branch Hellenic Navy
Rank Rear Admiral
Battles / warsGreco-Turkish War of 1897
Other workaide-de-camp of George I

Dimitrios Kriezis (Greek: Δημήτριος Κριεζής; Albanian: Dhimitri Krieziu) was a Greek naval officer. He was the second son of Admiral and Greek War of Independence hero Antonios Kriezis. He served as the aide-de-camp of King George I of Greece, became Minister for Naval Affairs in the Nikolaos Deligiannis cabinet of 1895, and headed the Greek fleet's Ionian Sea squadron during the Greco-Turkish War of 1897.

He retired with the rank of Rear Admiral.

Sources

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  • Gerasimos Vokos (1896). K. Meissner & N. Kargadouris (ed.). Greece during the Olympic Games of 1896. Athens: Estia. Retrieved 17 May 2010.