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In [[1843]], Voulgaris was appointed to the Senate. In [[1847]], he became Minister for the Navy. He became Prime Minister for the first time in [[1855]] during the Crimean War. He was elected to the post again in elections marked by widespread corruption and fraud.
Voulgaris was involved in the ouster of [[King Otto]] in October [[1862]] and became Prime Minister once more. In total, he was Prime Minister five eight times, however, his terms in office where characterised by corruption. Finally, in [[1875]], [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] published his famous article "Who is to blame?" ("Τις πταίει;") in Athens daily "Times" ("Καιροί") concerning the decadence of the government. After a srong public outcry, [[King George I]] dismissed Voulgaris. Many of his cronies were indicted on a variety of charges and Voulgaris himself took ill and died on [[January 10]], [[1878]] (December 29, 1877 OS).
[[Category:Greek politicians|Voulgaris, Dimitrios]]
