Karolos Papoulias

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Karolos Papoulias
Κ?ρολο? Παπο?λια?

Papoulias in 2009
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
Personal details
Born ( 1929-06-04 ) 4 June 1929
Ioannina , Greece
Died 26 December 2021 (2021-12-26) (aged 92)
Athens , Greece
Political party Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spouse(s) Mary Panou
Children Fani
Vicky
Anna
Alma mater University of Athens
University of Milan
University of Cologne
Signature

Karolos Papoulias ( Greek : Κ?ρολο? Παπο?λια? , 4 June 1929 [1] – 26 December 2021) was a Greek politician. He was the 6th President of Greece from 2005 to 2015. He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1996. [2]

Papoulias died on 26 December 2021 in Athens at the age of 92. [3]

References [ change | change source ]

  1. "Official Website of the President of Greece" . [ permanent dead link ]
  2. Silobreaker. "Silobreaker" . Silobreaker .
  3. Former Greek President Papoulias passes away