{{Short description|Greek chieftain of the Greek Struggle for Macedonia}} '''Dimitrios Tsapanos''' ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος Τσάπανος}}) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] chieftain of the [[Greek Struggle for Macedonia]].
{{Infobox Soldier | honorific_prefix = Kapetan (Chieftain) | name = Dimitrios Tsapanos | native_name = Δημήτριος Τσάπανος | birth_date = c. 1882-83 | birth_place = [[Magarevo]], [[Monastir Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Republic of North Macedonia]]) | allegiance = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = * {{flagicon image|Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg}} [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]] * {{army|Greece}} | battles = [[Macedonian Struggle]]<br>[[Balkan Wars]] *[[First Balkan War]] *[[Second Balkan War]] | relations = [[Nikolaos Tsapanos]] }}
== Biography == Tsapanos was born in 1882 or 1883 in [[Magarevo]] of the historic region of [[Pelagonia]], then [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[North Macedonia]]).<ref>[http://www.floriniotika.gr/2019/08/blog-post_48.html The ''Makedonomachos'' Dimitrios Tsapanos from Megarovo of Pelagonia], floriniotika.gr</ref> [[Nikolaos Tsapanos]], chieftain of the [[1896–1897 Greek Macedonian rebellion]], was his relative.<ref>[[Apostolos Vakalopoulos]], "Νεότερη Ιστορία της Μακεδονίας (1830-1912)" [Modern History of Macedonia (1830-1912)], Από τη γένεση του Νεοελληνικού κράτους ως την απελευθέρωση, publications Ηρόδοτος, [[Thessaloniki]], 1999, p. 299</ref> Dimitrios Tsapanos became a [[kodjabashi]] of his hometown, Magarevo and a member of the local ''National Commission''.
In 1903 he formed an armed group led by him and took part in the [[Macedonian Struggle]]. He acted with his body throughout the Macedonian Struggle against the [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] [[komitadji]] armed groups and the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman military extracts]] who were a threat for the [[Macedonians (Greeks)|Macedonian Greeks]] of the region. He protected the Greek populations mainly in the areas of [[Pelagonia]], [[Prespa]], [[Florina (regional unit)|Florina]] and [[Baba Mountain (North Macedonia)|Pelister]].<ref>Apostolos Vakalopoulos, "Εθνοτική Διαπάλη στη Μακεδονία (1894 – 1904)" [Ethnical Conflicts in Macedonia (1893 - 1904)], Η Μακεδονία στις παραμονές του Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, publications Ηρόδοτος, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 344</ref><ref>"Το δοξασμένο Μοναστήρι: ήτοι, ιστορία της πατριωτικής δράσεως της πόλεως Μοναστηρίου και των περιχώρων από του έτους 1830 μέχρι του 1903" [The glorified Monastir: History of the patriotic actions of Monastir and its surroundings from 1830 to 1903], Παντελή Γ. Τσάλλη, ''Κεντρική Επιτροπή διά την διάδοσιν της Ιστορίας του Μοναστηρίου'', Thessaloniki 1932, p. 85</ref> After the [[Balkan Wars]] and the incorporation of the region of Pelagonia including his hometown in [[Kingdom of Serbia]], he settled in [[Florina]] where he spent the rest of his life, suffering from ''[[Ankylosing spondylitis]]''.
== References == {{reflist}} {{Hellenic Macedonian Committee}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tsapanos, Dimitrios}} [[Category:Year of birth uncertain]] [[Category:Year of death unknown]] [[Category:People from Bitola Municipality]] [[Category:Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle]] [[Category:Greek Macedonians]] [[Category:Macedonian revolutionaries (Greek)]]