Karolos Papoulias

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Karolos Papoulias
Κάρολος Παπούλιας

Papoulias in 2009
6th President of Greece
In office
12 March 2005 – 13 March 2015
Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis
George Papandreou
Lucas Papademos
Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Antonis Samaras
Alexis Tsipras
Preceded byKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Succeeded byProkopis Pavlopoulos
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 October 1993 – 22 January 1996
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byMichalis Papakonstantinou
Succeeded byTheodoros Pangalos
In office
26 July 1985 – 2 July 1989
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byIoannis Charalambopoulos
Succeeded byTzannis Tzannetakis
Personal details
Born(1929-06-04)4 June 1929
Ioannina, Greece
Died26 December 2021(2021-12-26) (aged 92)
Athens, Greece
Political partyPanhellenic Socialist Movement
Spouse(s)Mary Panou
ChildrenFani
Vicky
Anna
Alma materUniversity of Athens
University of Milan
University of Cologne
Signature

Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας, 4 June 1929[1] – 26 December 2021) was a Greek politician. He was the 6th President of Greece from 2005 to 2015. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1996.[2]

Papoulias died on 26 December 2021 in Athens at the age of 92.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Official Website of the President of Greece".[permanent dead link]
  2. Silobreaker. "Silobreaker". Silobreaker.
  3. Former Greek President Papoulias passes away