Demetrios Eginitis or Aiginitis was a Greek astronomer, physicist, mathematician, author, professor, dean, and politician. He replaced Demetrios Kokkidis becoming the fifth director of the National Observatory of Athens and the longest-serving director in the Observatory's history. He was one of the few Greek astronomers in modern Greek history during the 1800s, others included Georgios Konstantinos Vouris and Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt. He served as Minister of Education twice.
- Occupation
- astronomer, university teacher, politician
- Position held
- Minister of Church affairs and Public Education of Greece, President of the Academy of Athens, Minister of Education
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Born
