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Konstantinos Karamanlis

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Konstantinos Karamanlis
Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής
Karamanlis in 1978
President of Greece
In office
5 May 1990 – 10 March 1995
Prime MinisterKonstantinos Mitsotakis
Andreas Papandreou
Preceded byChristos Sartzetakis
Succeeded byKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
In office
10 May 1980 – 10 March 1985
Prime MinisterGeorgios Rallis
Andreas Papandreou
Preceded byKonstantinos Tsatsos
Succeeded byIoannis Alevras (Acting)
Prime Minister of Greece
In office
24 July 1974 – 10 May 1980
PresidentPhaedon Gizikis
Michail Stasinopoulos
Konstantinos Tsatsos
Preceded byAdamantios Androutsopoulos
Succeeded byGeorgios Rallis
In office
4 November 1961 – 17 June 1963
MonarchPaul
Preceded byKonstantinos Dovas
Succeeded byPanagiotis Pipinelis
In office
17 May 1958 – 20 September 1961
MonarchPaul
Preceded byKonstantinos Georgakopoulos
Succeeded byKonstantinos Dovas
In office
6 October 1955 – 5 March 1958
MonarchPaul
Preceded byAlexander Papagos
Succeeded byKonstantinos Georgakopoulos
Personal details
Born(1907-03-08)8 March 1907
Proti, Ottoman Empire
(now Greece)
Died23 April 1998(1998-04-23) (aged 91)
Athens, Greece
Political partyPeople's Party (1936–1951)
Greek Rally (1951–1955)
National Radical Union (1955–1963)
New Democracy (1974–1998)
Spouse(s)Amalia Karamanlis (1951–1972)
Alma materUniversity of Athens
Signature

Konstantinos G. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής,[1] pronounced [konstaˈdinos karamanˈlis]; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998) was a four-time Prime Minister and two-time President of Greece.[2][3]

References

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  1. "Karamanlis Foundation".
  2. David Wilsford, ed. Political leaders of contemporary Western Europe: a biographical dictionary (Greenwood, 1995) pp 217-223
  3. "charismatic patriarch at the helm". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2006.