Karolos Papoulias | |
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Κάρολος Παπούλιας | |
6th President of Greece | |
In office 12 March 2005 – 13 March 2015 | |
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 | |
In office 13 October 1993 – 22 January 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
Preceded by | Michalis Papakonstantinou |
Succeeded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
In office 26 July 1985 – 2 July 1989 | |
Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
Preceded by | Ioannis Charalambopoulos |
Succeeded by | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
In office 20 November 1977 – 7 March 2004 | |
Constituency | Ioannina |
Personal details | |
Born | Molyvdoskepastos, Ioannina, Greece | 4 June 1929
Died | 26 December 2021 Athens, Greece | (aged 92)
Resting place | Ioannina Island, Greece |
Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
Spouse | Mary Panou |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of Athens University of Milan University of Cologne |
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Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας [ˈkarolos paˈpuʎas]; 4 June 1929 – 26 December 2021) was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015.[1]
A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), he previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1993 until 1996.[2]
Karolos Papoulias was president of Greece from 2005 to 2015. He also served two terms as Minister for Foreign Affairs.