Athanasios Kanakaris

Athanasios Kanakaris (Patras 1760 – Ermioni, 14 January 1823) (Greek: Αθανάσιος Κανακάρης) was a Greek politician. He fought in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

He was born in Patras in 1760, to a wealthy family of Sicilian descent. Rouphos was elected as a headsman of Patras in 1785, and became one of the most influential Greek magnates in the Morea. While serving as the province's representative to the Porte, he became a member of the Filiki Eteria. During the Greek War of Independence, he served as a member of the Peloponnesian Senate and of the First National Assembly at Epidaurus, and contributed from his personal fortune to the Greek cause. From 13 January 1822 to his death of illness in 1823, he served as deputy president of the Executive Corps of the Greek provisional government, under Alexandros Mavrokordatos.

His son was also called Benizelos Rouphos and served as Prime Minister of Greece later on. Other members of the family served as mayors, members of parliament and ministers. He married Paraskevi Kostaki and apart from the aforementioned son they had a daughter called Aggeliki.

Heads of government of Greece
First Hellenic Republic
(1822–1832)
  • Mavrokordatos
  • P. Mavromichalis
  • Kountouriotis
  • And. Zaimis
  • I. Kapodistrias
  • A. Kapodistrias
Kingdom of Greece
(1832–1924)
  • Sp. Trikoupis
  • Mavrokordatos
  • Kolettis
  • von Armansperg
  • von Rudhart
  • King Otto
  • Mavrokordatos
  • King Otto
  • A. Metaxas
  • Kanaris
  • Mavrokordatos
  • Kolettis
  • Tzavelas
  • Kountouriotis
  • Kanaris
  • Kriezis
  • Mavrokordatos
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Miaoulis
  • Kolokotronis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Moraitinis
  • Z. Valvis
  • Kyriakos
  • Rouphos
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Kanaris
  • Z. Valvis
  • Kanaris
  • Rouphos
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Rouphos
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Koumoundouros
  • Moraitinis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Thr. Zaimis
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Thr. Zaimis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Deligiorgis
  • D. Voulgaris
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Deligiorgis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Kanaris
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Koumoundouros
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Theodoros Deligiannis
  • D. Valvis
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • Konstantopoulos
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • Sotiropoulos
  • Ch. Trikoupis
  • N. Deligiannis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • D. Rallis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • G. Theotokis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • G. Theotokis
  • D. Rallis
  • G. Theotokis
  • Th. Deligiannis
  • D. Rallis
  • G. Theotokis
  • D. Rallis
  • K. Mavromichalis
  • Dragoumis
  • El. Venizelos
  • Gounaris
  • El. Venizelos
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Skouloudis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • Kalogeropoulos
  • El. Venizelos
  • Lambros
  • Al. Zaimis
  • El. Venizelos
  • D. Rallis
  • K alogeropoulos
  • Gounaris
  • Stratos
  • Protopapadakis
  • Triantafyllakos
  • Charalambis
  • Krokidas
  • Gonatas
  • El. Venizelos
  • Kafantaris
Second Hellenic Republic
(1924–1935)
  • Papanastasiou
  • Sofoulis
  • Michalakopoulos
  • Pangalos
  • Eftaxias
  • Kondylis
  • Al. Zaimis
  • El. Venizelos
  • Papanastasiou
  • El. Venizelos
  • P. Tsaldaris
  • El. Venizelos
  • Othonaios
  • P. Tsaldaris
  • Kondylis
Kingdom of Greece
(1935–1973)
  • Demertzis
  • I. Metaxas
  • Koryzis
  • Tsouderos
  • Tsolakoglou
  • Logothetopoulos
  • I. Rallis
  • Bakirtzis
  • S. Venizelos
  • Svolos
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Plastiras
  • P. Voulgaris
  • Archbishop Damaskinos
  • Kanellopoulos
  • Sofoulis
  • Poulitsas
  • K. Tsaldaris
  • Maximos
  • K. Tsaldaris
  • Sofoulis
  • Vafiadis
  • Zachariadis
  • Partsalidis
  • Diomidis
  • I. Theotokis
  • S. Venizelos
  • Plastiras
  • S. Venizelos
  • Plastiras
  • Kiousopoulos
  • Papagos
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • Georgakopoulos
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • Dovas
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • Pipinelis
  • Sty. Mavromichalis
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Paraskevopoulos
  • G. Papandreou (Sr.)
  • Novas
  • Tsirimokos
  • Stefanopoulos
  • Paraskevopoulos
  • Kanellopoulos
Military Junta
(1967–1974)
  • Kollias
  • Papadopoulos
  • Markezinis
  • Androutsopoulos
Third Hellenic Republic
(since 1974)
  • K. Karamanlis (Sr.)
  • G. Rallis
  • A. Papandreou
  • Tzannetakis
  • Grivas
  • Zolotas
  • Mitsotakis
  • A. Papandreou
  • Simitis
  • K. Karamanlis (Jr.)
  • G. Papandreou (Jr.)
  • Papademos
  • Pikrammenos
  • Samaras
Head of military/dictatorial government. Head of rival government not controlling Athens. Head of emergency or caretaker government. Head of collaborationist government during the Axis occupation (1941–44).
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Name Kanakaris, Athanasios
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Date of birth 1760
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Date of death January 14, 1823
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