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Michael S. Roufogalis (Greek: Μιχαήλ Σ. Ρουφογάλης), commonly Michalis Roufogalis (Μιχάλης Ρουφογάλης, 1921 – 24 February 2000) was a Greek Army officer and leading member of the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. He was born in Akrata and grew up in Patras.

Originally an officer in the Greek Army's Artillery, under the junta he was appointed chief of the Greek Central Intelligence Service (KYP).^[1]

In 1968, he and his agency secretly funded the presidential campaign of Richard Nixon.^[2]

After the restoration of democracy in 1974, he was arrested, tried and convicted during the Greek Junta Trials. He was released from prison on health grounds in 1992, and died in 2000. His wife, Della Roufogalis, was a famous Greek fashion model.

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^ Παύλος Μπακογιάννης, έρευνα για την ΚΥΠ, δημοσιεύθηκε στο Βήμα από 12 ως 28 Ιουνίου 1977
^ Christopher Hitchens, THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER, Chapter 9: A " WET JOB " IN WASHINGTON?

[1] Παύλος Μπακογιάννης, έρευνα για την ΚΥΠ, δημοσιεύθηκε στο Βήμα από 12 ως 28 Ιουνίου 1977

[2] Christopher Hitchens, THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER, Chapter 9: A " WET JOB " IN WASHINGTON?

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Greek junta
People	Georgios Papadopoulos Stylianos Pattakos Nikolaos Makarezos Dimitrios Ioannides Odysseas Angelis Konstantinos Kollias Georgios Zoitakis Grigorios Spandidakis Phaedon Gizikis Adamantios Androutsopoulos Ioannis Ladas Michael Roufogalis Georgios Georgalas Nikolaos Dertilis Alexandros Hatzipetros
Events	1967 coup d'état 1967 counter-coup attempt 1968 constitutional referendum Constitution of 1968 Greek case 1973 republic referendum Constitution of 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising Cyprus Coup d'état Turkish invasion Metapolitefsi Greek Junta Trials
Ideology and symbols	Glossary of the Greek military junta Greek nationalism Enosis Anticommunism Censorship Internal exile Stratocracy Torture methods Police state Atlanticism Phoenix Anthem of the 21st of April
Establishments	Hellenic Vehicle Industry Hellenic Railways Organisation

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