Nikolaos Makris

Nikolaos Makris
Nikolaos Makris
	Nikolaos Makris c. 1899
Native name	Νικόλαος Μακρής
Born	c. 1829; Missolonghi, First Hellenic Republic
Died	13 January 1911; Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance	Kingdom of Greece
Service/branch	Hellenic Army; Hellenic Gendarmerie
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Athens Police; Hellenic Gendarmerie; Army of Thessaly; 1st Infantry Division
Battles/wars	Greco-Turkish War (1897) Battle of Domokos;
Relations	Dimitrios Makris (father)
Other work	MP for Aetolia-Acarnania

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.

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