Kostas Karamanlis

Kostas Karamanlis
Karamanlis in 2009
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009
President	Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias
Preceded by	Costas Simitis
Succeeded by	George Papandreou
Minister for Culture
In office 10 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Preceded by	Evangelos Venizelos
Succeeded by	Georgios Voulgarakis
Leader of New Democracy
In office 21 March 1997 – 30 November 2009
Preceded by	Miltiadis Evert
Succeeded by	Antonis Samaras
Leader of the Opposition
In office 21 March 1997 – 10 March 2004
Preceded by	Miltiadis Evert
Succeeded by	George Papandreou
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 18 June 1989 – 22 April 2023
Personal details
Born	Konstantinos Karamanlis (1956-09-14) 14 September 1956 Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy
Spouse(s)	Natasa Pazaïti (1998–present)
Children	Alexandros Aliki
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens|University of Athens The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy|Tufts University

Konstantinos A. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής, pronounced [ˈkostas karamanˈlis]), is a Greek retired politician. He was the Prime Minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also the president of the centre-right New Democracy party.