Ioannis Roufos was a Greek

Greece

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Politician

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He was the son of Georgios Rouphos, a politician and the 11th Mayor of Patras and a grandson of Benizelos Rouphos

Benizelos Rouphos

Benizelos Rouphos was a Greek politician and Prime Minister. Rouphos was born in Patras in 1795, a scion of the wealthy Rouphos-Kanakaris family. He was the son of Athanasios Kanakaris who fought during the Greek War of Independence. During the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias , Rouphos became...

, a Prime Minister of Greece

Prime Minister of Greece

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 and Mayor of Patras, he is descended from the Rouphos

Rouphos

There had been four politicians that had the name Rouphos *Benizelos Rouphos *Giorgios Rouphos*Loukas Ropuhos*Vasileios Rouphos...

-Kanakaris

Kanakaris

The Kanakaris family were an old and rich family that lived in Patras.The descendent of the Patraean branch was Kyriazis Kanakaris, in which together with his brother Angelakis moved to Patras in the beginning of the 16th century. The Kanakaris descended from Livadia in the Viotia, a modern...

 families with many generations of politicians and descended from southern Italy

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He was a politician of Achaea

Achaea

Achaea is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of West Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras. The population exceeds 300,000 since 2001.-Geography:...

 in 1899, he died early in 1908. The newspaper Neologos wrote on his death in which the Public Council in it did not receive voting condolescences.