Michael S. Roufogalis | |
Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
Office: | Chief of the Central Intelligence Service |
Term Start: | 3 June 1972 |
Term End: | 28 November 1973 |
Predecessor: | Alexandros Hatzipetros |
Successor: | Lambros Stathopoulos |
Birth Date: | 1921 |
Birth Place: | Akrata, Kingdom of Greece |
Death Date: | 24 February 2000 |
Death Place: | Athens, Greece |
Nationality: | Greek |
Spouse: | Della Roufogalis |
Allegiance: | Greece |
Branch: | Hellenic Army |
Rank: | Lieutenant General |
Michael S. Roufogalis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μιχαήλ Σ. Ρουφογάλης), commonly Michalis Roufogalis (Μιχάλης Ρουφογάλης, 192124 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.