Aris Velouchiotis

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Aris Velouchiotis
Velouchiotis in Athens after the Liberation (Hotel Grand Bretagne, photo by Dmitri Kessel)
Born	Athanasios Klaras (1905-08-27)August 27, 1905 Lamia, Greece
Died	June 15, 1945(1945-06-15) (aged 39) Mesounta, Arta, Greece
Nationality	Greek
Organization(s)	National Liberation Front Greek People's Liberation Army
Political party	Communist Party of Greece

Athanasios Klaras (Greek: Αθανάσιος Κλάρας; August 27, 1905 – June 15, 1945), better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis (Greek: Άρης Βελουχιώτης), was a Greek journalist, politician, member of the Communist Party of Greece, the most prominent leader and chief instigator of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the military branch of the National Liberation Front (EAM), which was the major resistance organization in occupied Greece from 1942 to 1945.^[1]