George Papandreou (senior)
| Georgios Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου |
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Georgios Papandreou
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| Prime Minister of Greece | |
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In office 19 February 1964 – 15 July 1965 |
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| Monarch |
Paul Constantine II |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Paraskevopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas |
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In office 8 November 1963 – 30 December 1963 |
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| Monarch | Paul |
| Preceded by | Stylianos Mavromichalis |
| Succeeded by | Ioannis Paraskevopoulos |
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In office 26 April 1944 – 3 January 1945 |
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| Monarch | George II |
| Preceded by | Sofoklis Venizelos |
| Succeeded by | Nikolaos Plastiras |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 February 1888 Kalentzi, Achaea, Greece |
| Died | 1 November 1968 (aged 80) Athens, Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Political party | Centre Union |
| Spouse(s) | Sofia Mineyko Cybele Andrianou |
| Children |
Andreas Papandreou Georgios G. Papandreou |
| Religion | Greek Orthodox |
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Georgios Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου Geórgios Papandréou; 13 February 1888, in Kalentzi – 1 November 1968, in Athens) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as 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 and served numerous times as a cabinet minister, starting in 1923, in a political career that spanned more than five decades.
He was born at Kalentzi, in Achaea in West Greece. He was the son of Father Andreas Papandreou, an Orthodox archpriest (protopresvyteros). He studied law in Athens and political science in Berlin. His political philosophy was heavily influenced by German social democracy. As a result, he was adamantly opposed to the monarchy and supported generous social policies, but he was also extremely anti-communist (and specifically against the KKE's policies in Greece). As a young man, he became involved in politics as a supporter of the Liberal leader Eleftherios Venizelos, who made him governor of Chios after the Balkan War of 1912. He married twice. His first wife was Sofia Mineyko, a Polish national, daughter of Zygmunt Mineyko and paternal granddaughter of Stanislaw Mineyko (1802 - 1857). Their son Andreas Papandreou was born in Chios in 1919. His second wife was the actress Cybele Andrianou and their son was named George Papandreou.
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