Ioannis Roufos (, 1870-1908) was a

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. He was the son of Georgios Rouphos, a politician and the 11th

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and a grandson of

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, a

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and

, he is descended from the

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- Kanakaris families with many generations of politicians and descended from southern

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. He was a politician of

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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.

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