Dimitrios Sisinis Explained

Dimitrios Sisinis
Native Name:Δημήτριος Σισίνης
Birth Date:c. 1861
Birth Place:Gastouni, Kingdom of Greece
Allegiance: Kingdom of Greece
Serviceyears:1884-1917
1920-1921
Rank: Major General
Battles:Greco-Turkish War (1897)
Balkan Wars
Alma Mater:Hellenic Military Academy
Relations:Chrysanthos Sisinis (Brother)

Dimitrios Sisinis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Δημήτριος Σισίνης) was a Hellenic Army general.

Born in Gastouni in about 1861, he studied at the Hellenic Army Academy, graduating in 1884 as an Artillery Second Lieutenant. He fought in the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, and the Balkan Wars of 1912–13. In 1917 he was dismissed from the Army as a royalist during the National Schism, being re-instated in 1920 with the anti-Venizelist electoral victory. He finally retired from service on 12 October 1921 (O.S.) with the rank of Major General.