Athanasios Kanakaris-Roufos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Κανακάρης-Ρούφος, 1830–1902) was a

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from

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaïa'' ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The ...

. He was

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of the city of

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from 1879 to 1883. He was the son of

Benizelos Roufos Benizelos Roufos (; 1795–1868) was a Greek politician and Prime Minister of Greece. Biography Early life Roufos was born in Patras in 1795, a scion of the wealthy Roufos-Kanakaris family. He was the son of Athanasios Kanakaris who fought duri ...

and brother of Georgios Roufos. Together with his brother, he helped with the reformation of

. During his time as mayor he ran a gaslight company in Krya Itea, planted olives southwest of downtown, opened roads, constructed

Omonoia Square Omonoia Square (, ''Plateía Omonoías'', , "Concord Square", often simply referred to as ''Omónia'' ) is a central square in Athens. Forming the centre of Omonoia, Athens, Omonoia. It marks the northern corner of the downtown area defined by th ...

, ran public schools, the Markato market and constructed the race track. He died in 1902. He raised two sons

Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos (, 23 August 1878https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-android-samsung&biw=412&bih=382&tbm=bks&ei=H36mWvCSF4b1kwXm2K-oDA&q=Loukas+Kanakaris-Roufos+23.+VIII.+1878&oq=Loukas+Kanakaris-Roufos+23.+VIII.+1878&gs_l=mobile-gws-s ...

and Vasileios Roufos.

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