George Papandreou
Georgios A. Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου[1][2][3] born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician. He became Prime Minister of Greece from October 2009. His term ended in November 2011.
George Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου | |
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 Papandreou in 2011 | |
| President of Socialist International | |
| In office 30 January 2006 – 25 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | António Guterres |
| Succeeded by | Pedro Sánchez |
| Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 6 October 2009 – 11 November 2011 | |
| President | Karolos Papoulias |
| Deputy | Theodoros Pangalos |
| Preceded by | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Lucas Papademos |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
| In office 10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Kostas Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Antonis Samaras |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 6 October 2009 – 7 September 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Dora Bakoyannis |
| Succeeded by | Dimitrios Droutsas |
| In office 18 February 1999 – 13 February 2004 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Simitis |
| Preceded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
| Succeeded by | Tassos Yiannitsis |
| Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs | |
| In office 8 July 1994 – 25 September 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Dimitrios Fatouros |
| Succeeded by | Gerasimos Arsenis |
| In office 22 June 1988 – 2 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Apostolos Kaklamanis |
| Succeeded by | Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos |
| President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
| In office 8 February 2004 – 18 March 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Costas Simitis |
| Succeeded by | Evangelos Venizelos |
| Member of Parliament for Achaea | |
| Assumed office 17 May 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Georgios Andreas Papandreou Jr. 16 June 1952 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Ada Papapanou |
| Children | Andreas Margarita-Elena |
| Alma mater | Amherst College London School of Economics |
| Website | Official website |
His father Andreas was Prime Minister in the 1980s and again in the middle 1990s. His grandfather Georgios was also Prime Minister of Greece in the middle 20th century.
George Papandreou Media
Papandreou in 2001, as Minister of Foreign Affairs
George Papandreou takes the oath of office of the Prime Minister of Greece.
George Papandreou and Antonis Samaras with Karolos Papoulias, the President of Greece, on 6 November 2011 discussing the formation of a caretaker government.
Papandreou and his then-wife attend the Quadriga Award 2010 ceremony on 3 October 2010 in Berlin.
References
- ↑ "George A. Papandreou Personal Site". Papandreou. Archived from the original on 26 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- ↑ "Government of Greece via Internet Archive". Prime Ministry. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ "Official curriculum-vitae of George A. Papandreou from the Greek Government website via Internet Archive". pPrime Ministry. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
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Other websites
Media related to George Papandreou at Wikimedia Commons
- primeminister.gov.grArchived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, official prime minister website (in Greek; English option on homepage)
- George A. Papandreou on Facebook
- George Papandreou: Imagine a European democracy without borders June 2013 TED Talk