Karolos Papoulias
| Karolos Papoulias Κάρολος Παπούλιας |
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| 11th President of Greece | |
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In office 12 March 2005 – 13 March 2015 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Lucas Papademos Panagiotis Pikrammenos Antonis Samaras Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 13 October 1993 – 22 January 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Michalis Papakonstantinou |
| Succeeded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
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In office 26 July 1985 – 2 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Charalambopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 June 1929 Ioannina, Greece |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Panou |
| Children | Fani Vicky Anna |
| Alma mater |
University of Athens University of Milan University of Cologne |
| Religion | Greek Orthodoxy |
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Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας [ˈkarolos paˈpuʎas]; born 4 June 1929) was the President of Greece from 2005 to 2015. He was previously the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1996.
Karolos Papoulias was born in Ioannina and is the son of Major general Gregorios Papoulias. He obtained a Law degree from the University of Athens, a master's degree in Public International Law and International Relations from the University of Milan, and a doctorate in Private International Law from the University of Cologne. He is an associate of the Munich Institute for Southeast Europe. Apart from his native Greek, he also speaks French, German and Italian. A former pole-vault and volleyball champion, Papoulias has been chairman of the National Sports Association since 1985. He is also a founding member and until recently president of the Association for the Greek Linguistic Heritage.
Karolos Papoulias is married to Mary Panou and has three daughters.
Papoulias was a founding member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and a close associate of its leader Andreas Papandreou. Since December 1974 he was continually elected to the PASOK Central Committee. He was also member of the Coordination Council, the Executive Bureau and the Political Secretariat, as well as Secretary of the PASOK International Relations Committee from April 1975 to 1985. For a number of years he was also a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Socialist and Progressive Parties of the Mediterranean.
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