 For his services, King Otto awarded him the Silver Cross of the Order of the Redeemer.Following the ousting of Otto in 1862, Sotiropoulos entered politics, and was elected as a representative for Triphylia in the II National Assembly of 1862–64.He served as Finance Minister in the 1864–65 Constantine Kanaris cabinet, and was then nominated for president of the Court of Audit, but refused the post and instead focused on his parliamentary career