Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos

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Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos
Αθανάσιος Κανακάρης-Ρούφος
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Born1830
Died1902
Occupationpolitician, 13th

Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Κανακάρης-Ρούφος, 1830–1902) was a Greek politician from Achaea. He was of the city of Patras from 1879 to 1883.

He was the son of Benizelos Rouphos and brother of Georgios Roufos. Together with his brother, he helped with the reformation of Patras. During his time as mayor he ran a gaslight company in Krya Itea, planted olives southwest of downtown, opened roads, constructed , ran public schools, the Markato market and constructed the race track. He died in 1902. He raised two sons Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos and .

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Preceded by
Mayor of Patras
September 6, April 8, 1879 - July 2, 1883
Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Patras
September 12, 1895 - September 5, 1899
Succeeded by
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