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Konstantinos Karamanlis

Konstantinos Karamanlis
Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής
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President of Greece
In office
5 May 1990 – 10 March 1995
Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis
Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by Christos Sartzetakis
Succeeded by Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
In office
10 May 1980 – 10 March 1985
Prime Minister Georgios Rallis
Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by Konstantinos Tsatsos
Succeeded by Ioannis Alevras (Acting)
Prime Minister of Greece
In office
24 July 1974 – 10 May 1980
President Phaedon Gizikis
Michail Stasinopoulos
Konstantinos Tsatsos
Preceded by Adamantios Androutsopoulos
Succeeded by Georgios Rallis
In office
4 November 1961 – 17 June 1963
Monarch Paul
Preceded by Konstantinos Dovas
Succeeded by Panagiotis Pipinelis
In office
17 May 1958 – 20 September 1961
Monarch Paul
Preceded by Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Succeeded by Konstantinos Dovas
In office
6 October 1955 – 5 March 1958
Monarch Paul
Preceded by Alexander Papagos
Succeeded by Konstantinos Georgakopoulos
Personal details
Born (1907-03-08)8 March 1907
Proti, Ottoman Empire
(now Greece)
Died 23 April 1998(1998-04-23) (aged 91)
Athens, Greece
Political party People's Party (1936–1951)
Greek Rally (1951–1955)
National Radical Union (1955–1963)
New Democracy (1974–1998)
Spouse(s) Amalia Karamanlis (1951–1972)
Alma mater University of Athens
Religion Greek Orthodoxy
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Konstantinos G. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής,pronounced [konstaˈdinos karamanˈlis]; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998), commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or Caramanlis, was a four-time Prime Minister and twice President of the Third Hellenic Republic, and a towering figure of Greek politics whose political career spanned much of the latter half of the 20th century.

Karamanlis was born in the village of Proti,Macedonia. He became a Greek citizen in 1913, after Macedonia was annexed by Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia, in the aftermath of the Second Balkan War. His father was Georgios Karamanlis, a teacher who fought during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia, in 1904–1908. After spending his childhood in Macedonia, he went to Athens to attain his degree in law. He practised law in Serres, entered politics with the conservative People's Party and was elected Member of Parliament for the first time in the 1936 election at the age of 28. Health problems made him not participate in the Greco-Italian War.

After World War II, Karamanlis quickly rose through the ranks of Greek politics. His rise was strongly supported by fellow party-member and close friend Lambros Eftaxias, who served as Minister for Agriculture under the premiership of Konstantinos Tsaldaris. Karamanlis's first cabinet position was Minister for Labour in 1947 under the same administration. In 1951, along with most prominent members of the People's Party, Karamanlis joined the Greek Rally of Alexandros Papagos. When this party won power in 1951, Karamanlis became Minister of Public Works in the Papagos administration. He won the admiration of the US Embassy for the efficiency with which he built road infrastructure and administered American aid programs.


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