Nikolaos Makris

Nikolaos Makris
Νικόλαος Μακρής
Nikolaos Makris c. 1899
Member of Parliament for Aetolia-Acarnania
In office ? – 13 January 1911
Monarch	George I
Prime Minister	Eleftherios Venizelos
Personal details
Born	1829 Missolonghi, First Hellenic Republic
Died	13 January 1911(1911-01-13) (aged 81–82) Kingdom of Greece
Parent	Dimitrios Makris
Military service
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece Kingdom of Sardinia
Branch/service	Hellenic Army Royal Sardinian Army
Rank	Major General
Commands	Athens Police Hellenic Gendarmerie Army of Thessaly 1st Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Wars of Italian Unification Second Italian War of Independence Greco-Turkish War (1897) Battle of Domokos

Nikolaos Makris (Greek: Νικόλαος Μακρής, 1829–1911) was a Hellenic Army General and politician.

Nikolaos Makris was born in Missolonghi in 1829. He was the son of Dimitrios Makris, a military leader during the Greek War of Independence of 1821. He entered the Hellenic Army and was sent to France for training. After his return, he served in various command and staff positions, and eventually commanded the Athens police and became head of the Hellenic Gendarmerie.

He participated in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 as commander of the 1st Infantry Division.

After the war, he left the army with the rank of Major General. He was elected MP for his native prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania several times.

References

• The first version of the article is translated from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (Main page)