Dimitrios Botsaris (1813–1871)

Dimitrios Botsaris (Δημήτριος Μπότσαρης, 1813–1871) was a Greek Army officer and Minister of War.

D. Botsaris was the son of Markos Botsaris, 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 Munich, Germany, and later became an officer in the Greek Army (artillery). Dimitrios Botsaris became also three times Minister of War under kings Otto and George I.