Konstantinos Karamanlis

Quotes

• “Greece belongs to the West.”
• “Who governs this country?”
• “Hellas has been transformed to an endless bedlam.”
• “In democracies, prime ministers do not go to prison. They return home.”
• “In the history of all nations, there are instances in which the crisis of institutions and morals becomes so deep that, in order to save democracy, one should remake it.”
• “You made me come back on 24 July in order to save the country that was in danger. But if you do not mean to give me the ample majority I need to carry out my mission, then what is the point of having me back?”

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Key facts

Prime minister

Konstantinos Mitsotakis Andreas Papandreou

Preceded by

Christos Sartzetakis

Succeeded by

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos

President

Phaedon Gizikis Michail Stasinopoulos Konstantinos Tsatsos

Deputy

Georgios Mavros

Monarch

Paul

Born

( 1907-03-08 ) 8 March 1907, Küpköy , Salonica Vilayet , Ottoman Empire

Died

23 April 1998 (1998-04-23) (aged 91), Athens , Greece

Resting place

Konstantinos Karamanlis Foundation Headquarters, Philothei , Athens

Party

People's Party (1936–1951) , Greek Rally (1951–1955) , National Radical Union (1955–1963) , New Democracy (1974–1998)

Spouse

Amalia Kanellopoulou ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) ​

Relations

Kostas Karamanlis (nephew) Kostas Karamanlis (nephew)

Alma mater

University of Athens

Website

Institute for the Advancement of Democracy

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Wikidata facts

Image

Bezoek premier Karamanlis van Griekenland Van Agt in gesprek met Karamanlis, Bestanddeelnr 929-6548 (cropped).jpg

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