Konstantinos Karamanlis

Prime Minister of Greece intermittently between 1955–80, President from 1980–85, 1990–95

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]

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

References change

  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.