Dimitrios Andrikopoulos-Boukaouris
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Dimitrios Andrikopoulos-Boukaouris (Greek: Δημήτριος Ανδρικόπουλος-Μπουκαούρης, 1867 - 1948) was a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 politician of Achaia and a mayor of Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

.

He was born in Patras
Patras
Patras , ) is Greece's third largest urban area and the regional capital of West Greece, located in northern Peloponnese, 215 kilometers west of Athens...

 and is a descendant of the famous political family. The Boukaouris was the name of his nother which other because it was the historic family with a large portion of independence and in political life. He studied law and taught with politicals as a judge.

He was first elected as mayor in 1914 in the first elections which happened with the voting system, he remained mayor until 1925, he did not ran from August 1, until . He brought electricity to the city and knew the municipal uses while World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 eased the factory works and closed the municipal electric and manufacturing factories. In the continuation of electricity, it brought the same industrialists from their rights on electric power which had in their factory. It brought the exploitation of the Glafkos
Glafkos
The Glafkos is a river in Greece. It flows into the Gulf of Patras in Patras. The first hydroelectric power plant was built on this river. Currently, it is open to the public as a museum...

 river in 1922 and finished in 1925 with a lot of obstacles in many political changes. The main proposal happened and was accepted by Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Venizelos was an eminent Greek revolutionary, a prominent and illustrious statesman as well as a charismatic leader in the early 20th century. Elected several times as Prime Minister of Greece and served from 1910 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1932...

, later by Dimitrios Gounaris
Dimitrios Gounaris
Dimitrios Gounaris was the Prime Minister of Greece from March 10, 1915 to August 23, 1915 and April 8, 1921 to May 16, 1922...

 and finally Andreas Michalakopoulos
Andreas Michalakopoulos
Andreas Michalakopoulos was an important liberal politician in the inter-war period who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 7 October 1924 to 26 June 1925....

which concluded new fundings and the agreement which made the construction of the product and sojourn of electric power. In the auctions counciled a Greek and twelve foreign companies. The hiring which made by the raising of the Insanity Refuge.

He died in Patras in 1948.
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