Dimitrios Stagas (Greek: Δημήτριος Στάγκας) or Stasinopoulos ( 1864–1951), known as well with his nickname Kapetan Mizas was a Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle.Νικόλαος Δημ. Σιώκης, Ο Μακεδονομάχος ιατρός Ιωάννης Αργυρόπουλος (1852-1920), εκδήλωση για τα 100 χρόνια από το Μακεδονικό Αγώνα, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, p. 209
Biography Stagas was born in about 1864 in Kleisoura of the Kastoria region. He set up his own armed group which acted throughout the Macedonian Struggle, defending his hometown, Kleisoura, from Bulgarian raids, but also the retaliation of the Ottoman authorities. He acted in the regions of Kastoria, Verno, and Eordaia. He cooperated in several operations with Ioannis Karavitis.Γεώργιος Πετσίβας (diligence), Ιωάννη Καραβίτη, Ο Μακεδονικός Αγών, Athens 1994, t Β΄, p. 844.John S. Koliopoulos (scientific diligence), Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι, Εταιρεία Μακεδονικών Σπουδών, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 81 He was a member of the Struggle Commission of Kleisoura and the leader of the militia of Lechovo.
He also participated in various operations in the First Balkan War as a volunteer.Κωνσταντίνος Αποστόλου Βακαλόπουλος, Ο Ελληνισμός της περιοχής Μοριχόβου Μοναστηριού κατά τό Μακεδονικό αγώνα - Η περίπτωση του άγνωστου μακεδονομάχου Πέτρου Σουγαράκη
He died in 1951 at the age of 86 or 87.
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