Nicholas Kafoglis

{{Short description|American politician and physician (1930–2019)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name =Nicholas Kafoglis

|image =

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| state_senate = Kentucky

| district = 32nd

| term_start = January 1, 1987

| term_end = January 1, 1999

| predecessor = Frank Miller

| successor = Brett Guthrie

| state_house1 = Kentucky

| district1 = 20th

| term_start1 = January 1, 1972

| term_end1 = January 1, 1976

| predecessor1 = George T. Massey

| successor1 = Jody Richards

|birth_name=

|birth_date = January 16, 1930

|birth_place =Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

|death_date ={{death date and age|2019|2|9|1930|1|16}}

|death_place =Branford, Connecticut, U.S.

|party =Democratic

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|alma_mater=Yale University
University of Pennsylvania

}}

Nicholas Z. Kafoglis (January 16, 1930 – February 9, 2019) was an American politician and physician in the state of Kentucky.

Kafoglis served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976 and in the Kentucky Senate from 1987 to 1999. He was a Democrat.{{cite web |url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24539 |title=2006OH117 Leg 120 {{!}} Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History |website=www.kentuckyoralhistory.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114007/http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24539 |archive-date=2015-01-28}}{{cite web | title=Kafoglis remembered as being in politics 'for right reasons' | website=Talk 104 | date=13 February 2019 | url=https://www.talk104fm.com/2019/02/13/kafoglis-remembered-as-being-in-politics-for-right-reasons/ | access-date=18 December 2023}} A 1998 survey by the Kentucky Center for Public Issues rated Kafoglis as the most effective legislator in the senate.{{cite news |date=May 12, 1998 |title=Kafoglis, Long rated state's most effective lawmakers |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=C7}} Kafoglis was born in Lexington, Kentucky and went to the Lexington public schools. He received his bachelor's and medical degrees from Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania. Kafoglis was a physician and lived in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Kafoglis served in the United States Air Force. He was the son of Greek immigrants. He died in Branford, Connecticut after breaking his hip.'Former prominent Kentucky lawmaker Nick Kafogis dies at 89,' The Courier Journal, Tom Loftus, February 10, 2019{{cite web|url=https://legislature.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx|title=Welcome - Legislative Research Commission|website=legislature.ky.gov}}