Dimitrios Patrinos ( el, Δημήτριος Πατρινός, died 1903) was a
Greek
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MP for
Achaia
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...
and a
mayor
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of
Patras
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Patrinos was born in Patras and was the only son of merchant and politician
Panagiotis Patrinos. He was first elected MP in 1868.
He became mayor of the city of Patras where he served from 1883 until 1887. He took over the municipality with 400,000
drachmas
The drachma ( el, δραχμή , ; pl. ''drachmae'' or ''drachmas'') was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:
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in debt. During his tenure he caused a lot of backlash for his insistence on establishing a municipal secret police.
He died in 1903. He survived with his wife which she was a relative of the prime minister
Dimitrios Voulgaris
Dimitrios Voulgaris ( el, Δημήτριος Βούλγαρης; 20 December 1802 – 10 January 1877) was a Greek revolutionary fighter during the Greek War of Independence of 1821 who became a politician after independence. He was nickname ...
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1903 deaths
Mayors of Patras
Year of birth unknown
Politicians from Patras
Greek MPs 1879–1881
Greek MPs 1868–1869
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Greek MPs 1874–1875
Greek MPs 1875–1879