Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos Λουκάς Κανακάρης-Ρούφος | |
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_Gen%25C3%25A8ve%2c_Louca_Canacaris_Roufos.jpg) Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos at aLeague of Nations congress in Geneva, 1926 | |
| Born | (1878-08-23)23 August 1878 |
| Died | 11 November 1949(1949-11-11) (aged 71) |
| Occupation | politician |
Loukas Kanakaris-Roufos (Greek:Λουκάς Κανακάρης-Ρούφος, 23 August 1878[1] – 11 November 1949) was aGreekpolitician.
He was the son ofAthanasios Kanakaris-Roufos and a member of theRouphos family. In the1905 elections he became a member of theGreek Parliament but failed to bere-elected in 1906. In 1908 however, he succeeded his brotherIoannis Roufos in his parliament seat after his death. In 1913, he resigned his seat and became Governor-General ofCrete, a post he held during the island's official union with Greece in December 1913 and until April 1915. Soon after he wasre-elected into Parliament, and in September 1916 he becameMinister for the Interior. Despite his friendship withEleftherios Venizelos, he sided with KingConstantine I during theNational Schism. Following Venizelos' victory in 1917, he was imprisoned until 1920. In the1920 elections he was again elected to Parliament. In 1922 he served twice briefly asMinister for National Economy, in March–April and from May until the outbreak of the1922 Revolution in September. In between, he headed the Greek delegation to the talks atGenoa aimed at resolving theongoing Greco-Turkish War.
On 20 September 1925, he was appointedMinister for National Education and Religious Affairs in the dictatorial government ofTheodoros Pangalos, and on 6 November he becameForeign Minister. He failed to be elected in the1932 elections, but succeeded again in the1936 elections, the last before theMetaxas dictatorship andWorld War II. He died at Athens on 11 November 1949.
He was married to Eleni Papageorgakopoulou and had a son, the diplomat and writerRodis Kanakaris-Roufos.
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