George Papandreou
Greek politician, president of the Socialist International / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Quick Facts George PapandreouΓεώργιος Παπανδρέου MP, President of Socialist International ...
George Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου | |
---|---|
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. (1952-06-16) 16 June 1952 (age 72) 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 |
Close
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.