# Emmanouil Benakis

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Greek merchant and politician

**Emmanouil Benakis** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Εμμανουήλ Μπενάκης; 1843 in [Ermoupoli](/source/Ermoupoli), [Syros](/source/Syros) – June 20, 1929 in [Kifisia](/source/Kifisia)) was a Greek merchant and politician, considered a national [benefactor](/source/Benefactor_(law)) of Greece.[1]

## Biography

After studying in [England](/source/England), Benakis emigrated to Alexandria, Egypt, where he worked for the Greek cotton industrialist Horemi, and into whose family he married. He had six children, among whom were the writer [Penelope Delta](/source/Penelope_Delta), the art collector [Antonis Benakis](/source/Antonis_Benakis) and Argini Salvago whose daughter married into the Melas family.[2] Benakis became the president of the Greek community in [Alexandria](/source/Alexandria) and ran the largest enterprise of Greek [cotton brokers](/source/Cotton_brokers) in Egypt. He accumulated a considerable fortune.[1]

As a close friend of [Eleftherios Venizelos](/source/Eleftherios_Venizelos), he was elected to the [Hellenic Parliament](/source/Hellenic_Parliament) and served as Minister of Agriculture and Industry. He was elected [mayor](/source/Mayor) of the city of [Athens](/source/Athens) in 1914.

Among other benefactions he contributed to the settlement of refugees in the aftermath of the [Greco-Turkish war in Asia Minor](/source/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%931922)). He donated to the [Red Cross](/source/Red_Cross) Nurses' School and the [Athens College](/source/Athens_College). He provided for his fortune to be posthumously placed at the disposal of several charitable foundations, and his funeral was carried out at Greek public expense.

The [Benaki Phytopathological Institute](/source/Benaki_Phytopathological_Institute) was one such institution founded through his legacy.[3]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) Georgiadou, Maria (2013-12-01). [*Constantin Carathéodory: Mathematics and Politics in Turbulent Times*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lpprCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA17). Springer Science & Business Media. p. 17. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-3-642-18562-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-18562-5).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BenakiMuseum_2-0)** ["Antonis Benakis, The Founder"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110427060732/http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?id=40102&lang=en). Benaki Museum. Archived from [the original](http://www.benaki.gr/index.asp?id=40102&lang=en) on 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2009-05-25.. The Benakis museum hosts exhibits linked to his father

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Benaki_3-0)** ["Benaki Phytopathological Institute"](http://en.bpi.gr/). Retrieved 2021-12-05.

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