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Karolos Papoulias

Karolos Papoulias
Κάρολος Παπούλιας
Papoulias in 2009
6th President of Greece
In office
12 March 2005 – 13 March 2015
Prime MinisterKostas Karamanlis
George Papandreou
Lucas Papademos
Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Antonis Samaras
Alexis Tsipras
Preceded byKonstantinos Stephanopoulos
Succeeded byProkopis Pavlopoulos
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 October 1993 – 22 January 1996
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byMichalis Papakonstantinou
Succeeded byTheodoros Pangalos
In office
26 July 1985 – 2 July 1989
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byIoannis Charalambopoulos
Succeeded byTzannis Tzannetakis
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office
20 November 1977 – 7 March 2004
ConstituencyIoannina
Personal details
Born(1929-06-04)4 June 1929
Molyvdoskepastos, Ioannina, Greece
Died26 December 2021(2021-12-26) (aged 92)
Athens, Greece
Resting placeIoannina Island, Greece
Political partyPanhellenic Socialist Movement
SpouseMary Panou
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Athens
University of Milan
University of Cologne
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Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας Greek pronunciation: [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]

  1. ^ "Opinion: A new era for Athens". DW.COM. 6 July 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2021. Karolos Papoulias was president of Greece from 2005 to 2015. He also served two terms as Minister for Foreign Affairs.
  2. ^ Turner, B. (12 January 2017). The Statesman's Yearbook 2009: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World. Springer. p. 551. ISBN 978-1-349-74027-7.

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