Dimitrios Skouzes was a Greek writer and mayor of Athens.

He was a scion of the notable Athenian Skouzes family

Skouzes family

The Skouzes family was a leading family in Athens.The Skouze family appeared in the 17th century, during the period of Ottoman rule over Greece. The first attested member of the family was Nikolaos Skouzes , who took part in the Morean War on the Venetian side...

. He studied law and worked at the National Bank of Greece

National Bank of Greece

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. In 1945, he was awarded an honorary post in the Athens

Athens

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 city council and became president of the city council until 1951. In 1949, he was mayor of Athens for a short time. As a reserve infantry Lieutenant, he participated in all wars from 1912 to 1940 (Balkan Wars

Balkan Wars

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, World War I

World War I

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, Asia Minor Campaign, Greco-Italian War

Greco-Italian War

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), and he was also active in the Greek Resistance

Greek Resistance

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 during World War II

World War II

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He wrote too books, Nostalgies (Νοσταλγίες, "Nostalgias", 1956) and I Athina pou efyge (η Αθήνα που έφυγε, "Bygone Athens", 1961). A bust of Dimitrios Skouzes has been erected at Skouzes Square, where his family house is located.