Dimitrios Kalapothakis

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Dimitrios Kalopothakis
Δημήτριος Καλαποθάκης
Dimitrios Kalapothakis c. 1904-1908
Born	c. 1865 Areopoli, Kingdom of Greece
Died	27 May 1921 Weimar Republic
Alma mater	University of Athens
Occupation	Reporter Revolutionary
Organization	HMC
Known for	Founder of newspaper Simaia Founder of newspaper Embros Leader of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee
Movement	Macedonian Struggle

Dimitrios Kalapothakis (1865 – 27 May 1921) was a Greek reporter and founder of the newspaper ("Forward").

Biography[]

Kalapothakis was born in 1865 in Areopoli, Mani Peninsula. He abandoned his studies in the University of Athens, when Thessaly was annexed to Greece in 1881 he went to Volos where he started publishing his newspaper Simaia ("Flag"). For many years, Kalapothakis was a political columnist who openly supported Charilaos Trikoupis. After the latter's death he started publishing the Embros ("Forward") newspaper. Kalapothakis was one of the most important personalities of the Greek press as a reporter and also one of the many organisers of the Hellenic Macedonian Committee in 1904. He joined for the purpose of combatting Bulgarian influence in Macedonia and he provided guns, money and equipment to the Greek fighters. He was the leader of the committee until its final dissolution in 1908. During the National Schism he sided with the King.

During his life he also wrote many theatric plays. Kalapothakos died in Germany in May 1921 during a surgery operation.

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