Dimitrios Meletopoulos

Dimitrios Meletopoulos
Δημήτριος Μελετόπουλος
A portrait of Dimitrios Meletopoulos
Minister of the Interior
MonarchOtto
Minister of Military Affairs
Assumed office
1851
MonarchOtto
Prime MinisterAntonios Kriezis
Personal details
Bornc. 1796
Vostitsa, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Aigio, Greece)
Died1858
Athens, Kingdom of Greece
ChildrenLeonidas Meletopoulos
Angelos Meletopoulos
Charilaos Meletopoulos
OccupationRevolutionary
Soldier
Politician
Awards Order of the Redeemer
Military service
Allegiance First Hellenic Republic
Kingdom of Greece
Branch/service Hellenic Army
Years of service1821-1858
RankGeneral (Revolutionary Army)
Lieutenant General (Hellenic Army)
Battles/wars

Dimitrios Meletopoulos (Greek: Δημήτριος Μελετόπουλος, Aigio, c. 1796 – Athens, 1858) was a Greek revolutionary leader of the Greek War of Independence and later a politician.