Georgios Papandreou

Prime minister of Greece (1888–1968)

Georgios Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου Geórgios Papandréou; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician. He was the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He was Prime Minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965). He was also Deputy Prime Minister from 1950–1952, in the governments of Nikolaos Plastiras and Sofoklis Venizelos.[2]

Georgios Papandreou
Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου
Georgios Papandreou
Prime Minister of Greece
In office
19 February 1964 – 15 July 1965
MonarchPaul
Constantine II
Preceded byIoannis Paraskevopoulos
Succeeded byGeorgios Athanasiadis-Novas
In office
8 November 1963 – 30 December 1963
MonarchPaul
Preceded byStylianos Mavromichalis
Succeeded byIoannis Paraskevopoulos
In office
26 April 1944 – 3 January 1945
MonarchGeorge II
Preceded bySofoklis Venizelos
Succeeded byNikolaos Plastiras
Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
In office
28 August 1950 – 4 July 1951
Prime MinisterSofoklis Venizelos
Preceded byhimself
Succeeded byEmmanouil Tsouderos
In office
15 April 1950 – 21 August 1950
Prime MinisterNikolaos Plastiras
Preceded byPanagiotis Kanellopoulos
Succeeded byhimself
Minister of Education
In office
18 February 1964 – 15 July 1965
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byGeorgios Kourmoulis
Succeeded byGeorgios Athanasiadis-Novas
In office
8 November 1963 – 30 December 1963
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byIoannis Sountis
Succeeded byGeorgios Kourmoulis
In office
1 February 1951 – 4 July 1951
Prime MinisterSofoklis Venizelos
Preceded byNicholas Bakopoulos
Succeeded byNicholas Bakopoulos
In office
16 January 1933 – 6 March 1933
Prime MinisterEleftherios Venizelos
Preceded byDimitrios Chatziskos
Succeeded byAlexandros Mazarakis-Ainian
In office
2 January 1930 – 26 May 1932
Prime MinisterEleftherios Venizelos
Preceded byKonstantinos Gontikas
Succeeded byPericles Karapanos
Personal details
Born13 February 1888
Kalentzi, Achaea, Greece
Died1 November 1968(1968-11-01) (aged 80)
Athens, Greece[1]
NationalityGreek
Political partyCentre Union
Spouse(s)Sofia Mineyko
Cybele Andrianou
ChildrenAndreas Papandreou
Georgios G. Papandreou
Signature

References change

  1. Encyclopædia Britannica: Georgios Papandreou Retrieved 30 June 2010
  2. David Wilsford, ed. Political leaders of contemporary Western Europe: a biographical dictionary (Greenwood, 1995) pp 368-75.