{{Infobox Soldier | name = Petros Hatzitasis | native_name = Πέτρος Χατζητάσης | image = File:Πέτρος Χατζητάσης2.JPG | image_size = 150 | caption = A photo of Petros Hatzitasis. | birth_date = c. 1872 | death_date = c. 1932 | birth_place = [[Florina]], [[Monastir Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] (now [[Greece]]) | allegiance = {{flagicon|Greece|royal}} [[Kingdom of Greece]] | branch = {{flagicon image|Seal of the Greek-Macedonian Committee.jpg}} [[Hellenic Macedonian Committee|HMC]] | battles = [[Macedonian Struggle]] *Battle of Drosopigi{{POW}} }}
'''Petros Hatzitasis''' (1872-1932) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] chieftain from [[Florina]] who contributed to the [[Macedonian Struggle]].
He was born in 1872 in [[Florina]]<ref>Εκλογικός κατάλογος Δήμου Φλώρινας το 1914</ref> and was an important member of the five-member ''National Committee of Florina''<ref>[http://lithoksou.net/florina_f.html Dimitrios Lithoxoou, Πληθυσμός και οικισμοί της περιοχής Φλώρινας, Φ]</ref> founded in 1902 by [[Nikolaos Pyrzas]].<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Hellenic Army General Staff]], Army History Directorate, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών και τα εις Θράκην γεγονότα, Athens 1979, p. 115</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">Αρχείο Διεύθυνσης Εφέδρων Πολεμιστών Αγωνιστών Θυμάτων Αναπήρων (ΔΕΠΑΘΑ), Αρχείο Μακεδονικού Αγώνα, φ. Χ-137</ref><ref name="University Studio Press 2008">Ιωάννης Σ.</ref>
He tried to assassinate the [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] [[komitadji]] Michael Grezhov in 1904, but the latter escaped, although wounded. He cooperated with the army of [[Pavlos Melas]] and participated in the clash which cost Melas his life, in [[Melas, Kastoria|Statista]].<ref name="University Studio Press 2008">Ιωάννης Σ.</ref> He and his team cooperated with [[Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos]] for many operations. He participated in the battle of [[Drosopigi, Florina|Drosopigi]] near Florina, where he became a prisoner of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] authorities and was imprisoned for three years, until 1908.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="University Studio Press 2008">Ιωάννης Σ.</ref>
== External links == * ''Epta Imeres'', ''[[Kathimerini]]'' supplement [http://www.hellinon.net/pavlosmelas.htm Το μοιραίο δεκαήμερο του Παύλου Μελά]
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Macedonian Struggle}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatzitasis, Petros}} [[Category:1872 births]] [[Category:1932 deaths]] [[Category:People from Florina]] [[Category:Greek people of the Macedonian Struggle]] [[Category:Greek prisoners and detainees]] [[Category:Greek people imprisoned in the Ottoman Empire]] [[Category:Greeks from the Ottoman Empire]]