Antonis Samaras

Antonis Samaras (Greek: Αντώνης Σαμαράς; born 23 May 1951) is a Greek politician. He became Prime Minister of Greece and Leader of New Democracy. He last served as the Minister of Finance in 1989, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1990, and again from 1990 to 1992. His term as prime minister ended on 26 January 2015 when he was succeeded by Alexis Tsipras.

Antonis Samaras MP
Αντώνης Σαμαράς
Samaras in 2014
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 20 June 2012 – 26 January 2015
President	Karolos Papoulias
Deputy	Evangelos Venizelos
Preceded by	Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Succeeded by	Alexis Tsipras
Leader of the Opposition
In office 30 November 2009 – 20 June 2012
Prime Minister	George Papandreou
Preceded by	George Papandreou
Succeeded by	Alexis Tsipras
Leader of New Democracy
In office 30 November 2009 – 5 July 2015
Deputy	Dimitris Avramopoulos
Preceded by	Konstantinos Karamanlis
Minister of Culture and Sport
In office 8 January 2009 – 6 October 2009
Prime Minister	Kostas Karamanlis
Preceded by	Michalis Liapis
Succeeded by	Pavlos Geroulanos
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 11 April 1990 – 13 April 1992
Prime Minister	Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Preceded by	Georgios Papoulias
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Mitsotakis
In office 23 November 1989 – 16 February 1990
Prime Minister	Xenophon Zolotas
Preceded by	Georgios Papoulias
Succeeded by	Georgios Papoulias
Minister of Finance
In office 2 July 1989 – 12 October 1989
Prime Minister	Tzannis Tzannetakis
Preceded by	Dimitris Tsovolas
Succeeded by	Georgios Agapitos
Member of Parliament for Messenia
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 September 2007
Majority	44,954 (41.6%)
Member of Parliament for Messenia
In office 1977–1996
Personal details
Born	(1951-05-23) 23 May 1951 Athens, Greece
Political party	New Democracy (1977-1992, 2004-present) Political Spring (1992-2004)
Spouse(s)	Georgia Kretikos
Children	Lena Costas
Residence	Maximos Mansion, Athens
Alma mater	Amherst College Harvard University
Website	Official website