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Also known as The Democracy's Elder

Prime minister of Greece (1888–1968)

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  • Hē historia tou Skoupio kai tēs Paou (tōn Kalavrytōn)
  • Hē historia tou Skoupiou kai tēs Paou, tōn Kalavrythōn
  • Hē Ēleia dia mesou tōn aiōnōn

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Quotes

  • He was glorified while in hiding, but vanished when he appearing.
  • Think, Andreas, if you die in America, how many people will come to your funeral? Then think how many will follow your casket in Athens if you stay.
  • The Paraskevopoulos government was our last chance for avoiding a military take-over. With your [Andreas'] militant stand against it, with your strong statements against the King, with your distrust you instilled in the American contingent here, this became inevitable.

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Key facts

Monarchs
Paul , Constantine II
Regent
Crown Prince Constantine (until Mar 1964)
Preceded by
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos
Succeeded by
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas
Monarch
Paul
Prime minister
Sofoklis Venizelos
Born
Georgios Stavropoulos , 13 February 1888, Kalentzi , Achaea , Greece
Died
1 November 1968 (1968-11-01) (aged 80), Athens , Greece
Party
Liberal Party (1914–1935) Democratic Party (1935–1936) the party ceased to exist due to the declaration of Metaxas' dictatorship Democratic Socialist Party of Greece (1945–1953) Liberal Party (1953–1958) Centre Union (1961–1968)
Spouse s
Sofia Mineyko , Cybele Andrianou
Relations
George Papandreou (grandson) , Nikos Papandreou (grandson)
Children
Andreas Papandreou , Georgios G. Papandreou

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Encyclopedic overview

Georgios Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου, Geórgios Papandréou; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965). He was also deputy prime minister from 1950 to 1952, in the governments of Nikolaos Plastiras and Sofoklis Venizelos. He served numerous times as a cabinet minister, starting in 1923, in a political career that spanned more than five decades.

After studying law in Athens and political science in Berlin, Papandreou enlisted as a volunteer in the First Balkan War. He first ran for political office in the 1920 national elections and was a principal member of the 11 September 1922 Revolution that overthrew King Constantine I. Thereafter, he became a prominent Liberal politician, surviving an assassination attempt in 1921 and being imprisoned by Theodoros Pangalos's dictatorship in 1925. After having briefly attained ministerial experience at the start of the Second Republic, Eleftherios Venizelos elevated him to the ministries of Education and Transport in 1930 and 1933 respectively, overseeing the construction of over three thousand schools amidst the Greek refugee crisis. He was again arrested and exiled in 1938 by the 4th of August Regime, remaining in exile for four years.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Georgios Papandreou” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.