Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
| Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Κωνσταντίνος Στεφανόπουλος |
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| President of Greece | |
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In office 10 March 1995 – 12 March 2005 |
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| Prime Minister |
Andreas Papandreou Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Karamanlis |
| Succeeded by | Karolos Papoulias |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 August 1926 Patras, Greece |
| Died | 20 November 2016 (aged 90) Athens, Greece |
| Political party |
National Radical Union (1958–1967) New Democracy (1974–1985) Democratic Renewal (1985–1996) Political Spring (1996–2005) |
| Alma mater | University of Athens |
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Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Στεφανόπουλος, 15 August 1926 – 20 Νovember 2016) was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the President of Greece, from 1995 to 2005.
Stephanopoulos was born in Patras on 15 August 1926 to the lawyer and subsequent People's Party Member of Parliament Dimitrios Stephanopoulos, and Vrisiis Philopoulou. After attending the Saint Andrew school of Patras, he studied law at Athens University. He practiced law from 1954 until 1974 as a member of the Patras Bar Association.
He first stood for election in 1958, with the National Radical Union and was elected for the first time as MP for Achaea Prefecture in 1964. He was re-elected for the same constituency for New Democracy (ND) in 1974, 1977, 1981 and 1985. He served as ND parliamentary secretary and parliamentary spokesman from 1981 to 1985.
In 1974, Stephanopoulos was appointed Deputy Minister of Commerce in the National Unity government of Constantine Karamanlis. For the next seven years he served in a number of ministerial posts in New Democracy governments; Minister for the Interior from November 1974 to September 1976; Minister for Social Services from September 1976 to November 1977 and Minister for the Presidency from 1977 to 1981.
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