Dimitrios Votsis [SEP] position held
Dimitrios Votsis
Dimitrios Votsis (Greek: Δημήτριος Βότσης, 1841 – October 28, 1917) was a Greek politician and a mayor of Patras. His family is descended from Paramythia in Thesprotia in Epirus. He was the son of Athanasios and daughter of Eleni Votsi, they were the first settlers of the city after their battle for an independent Greece was lost in Epirus. He studied law and later became a judce in Patras. Parallerly he was a leader of the Patras.
In 1891, he was elected to the
before the Ottoman fleet could seal off the bay, and after fighting off the Ottomans, were able to escape. The crew of "Aris" however still awaited their captain, who had been killed. Instead, Nikolaos Votsis, the captain of the "Athena", which had already sailed without him, and Dimitrios Sachtouris, the commander of the Navarino fortress, came aboard, fleeing the advancing Egyptian soldiers. Votsis took over as captain, with Sachtouris as his first mate, and set sail. Also present on the