Dimitrios Kriezis

Dimitrios Kriezis (Greek: Δημήτριος Κριεζής, from Arbërisht: Kriezi, Albanian: "Kryezi" ("Blackhead")) 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.

Dimitrios Kriezis

Sources

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


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