Costas Simitis
| Kostas Simitis Κωνσταντίνος Σημίτης |
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
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In office 22 January 1996 – 10 March 2004 |
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| President | Kostis Stephanopoulos |
| Preceded by | Andreas Papandreou |
| Succeeded by | Kostas Karamanlis |
| President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement | |
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In office 30 June 1996 – 8 February 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Andreas Papandreou |
| Succeeded by | George Papandreou |
| Minister of Industry, Energy, Research and Technology | |
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In office 13 October 1993 – 15 September 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Anastasios Peponis |
| Minister of Trade | |
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In office 13 October 1993 – 15 September 1995 |
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| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Nikolaos Akritidis |
| Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs | |
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In office 23 November 1989 – 13 February 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Xenophon Zolotas |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Despotopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Konstantinos Despotopoulos |
| Minister of National Economy | |
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In office 26 July 1985 – 27 November 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Gerasimos Arsenis |
| Succeeded by | Panagiotis Roumeliotis |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
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In office 21 October 1981 – 26 July 1985 |
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| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Athanasios Kanellopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Ioannis Pottakis |
| Personal details | |
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23 June 1936 Piraeus, Greece |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Daphni Arkadiou |
| Children | Fiona Marilena |
| Alma mater |
University of Marburg London School of Economics |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
| Website | Official website |
Konstantinos G. Simitis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Σημίτης; born 23 June 1936), usually referred to as Costas Simitis or Kostas Simitis (Κώστας Σημίτης), is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece and was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004.
Costas Simitis was born in Piraeus to Georgios Simitis, a Professor at the School of Economic and Commercial Sciences, and to his wife Fani (née Christopoulou). He studied Law at the University of Marburg in Germany and economics at the London School of Economics. He is married to Daphne Arkadiou (b. 1938), and has two daughters, Fiona and Marilena. His brother Spiros Simitis is a prominent jurist specializing on data privacy in Germany. He currently resides in the Kolonaki district of Athens.
In 1965 he returned to Greece and was one of the founders of the "Alexandros Papanastasiou" political research group. In 1967, after the military coup of 21 April, this group was transformed into Democratic Defense, an organization opposed to the military regime. Simitis escaped abroad after planting bombs in the streets of Athens (in later years he acknowledged his activities on Greek MEGA TV channel) in order to avoid being jailed and became a member of the Panhellenic Liberation Movement (PAK), led by Andreas Papandreou. He also took up a position as university lecturer in Germany. He returned to Athens in 1974 and was one of the co-founders of PAK's successor, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). In 1977 he took up a lecturer's post at the Panteion University.
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