George Papandreou
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George Andreas Papandreou (born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011.
He is now an MP for Movement for Change. He served under his father, then-prime minister Andreas Papandreou, as Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs (1988-1989-1989 and 1994-1996), as well as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004.
Papandreou, the founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, which his father founded from February 2004 to March 2012, has been President of the Socialist International since January 2006. George Papandreou, Greece's 182nd Prime Minister, was born on October 6, 2009.
Following his father Andreas and his grandfather Georgios Papandreou, he became the third member of the Papandreou family to serve as the country's prime minister.
He resigned on November 11, 2011 as a result of the Greek government's debt crisis, in order to establish a national unity government.
He resigned as the leader of PASOK in March 2012 and left the group entirely in January 2015, founding the Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO), the eighth most voted for party in the January 2015 elections, but did not manage to vote in Parliament.
KIDISO, the Democratic Alignment, a political alliance formed by PASOK and other center-left groups, joined KIDISO in 2017.
Later, Democracy in the '19 elections became Movement for Change, the third most voted for party in the country, with Papandreou himself returning to Parliament as an MP representing the region of Achaea.
Early life and education
Papandreou was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, where his father, Andreas Papandreou, held a professorship at the University of Minnesota at the time. Margaret Papandreou, an American born girl, née Chant, is his mother. In 2000, he declared his citizenship in the United States.
He obtained his secondary education in Illinois, Sweden, and graduated from King City Secondary School (near Toronto) in 1970. He attended Amherst College in Massachusetts (where he was a mentor and dormitory roommate of future political rival and prime minister of Greece, Antonis Samaras), Stockholm University, the London School of Economics, and Harvard University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from Amherst (1975) and a master's degree in sociology from the LSE (1977). In 1972-73, he was a researcher on immigration problems at Stockholm University. In 1992-1993, he was also a member of Harvard University's Foreign Relations Center.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by Amherst College in 2002, and by Georgia State College of Arts and Science in 2006, he was named honorary professor in the Center for Hellenic Studies.
Papandreou's father trained and worked as a professor of economics from 1939 to 1959. Georgios Papandreou, Greece's paternal grandfather, was a three-time prime minister.
Personal life
George Papandreou was married to Ada Papapanou until 2016, and the couple has a daughter, Margarita-Elena, who was born 1990. Andreas (born 1982), his uncle, from a previous civil marriage to Evanthia Zissimides (1976–1987), who hails from Cyprus, has three children.
Nikos Papandreou and Andreas Papandreou's younger brother, as well as two younger sisters, Sophia Papandreou and Emilia Nyblom, are among his siblings.
He speaks both Greek and English, and he's also fluent in Swedish. Zygmunt Mineyko, one of his paternal great-grandfathers, was an army officer and an engineer of Polish-Lithuanian descent.
Papandreou, together with others like Glenn Greenwald, Olusegun Obasanjo, and Anthony Romero, co-signed a letter asking for a more humane drug policy in 2016.
Political career
After the restoration of Greek democracy in 1974, the younger George Papandreou returned to Greece. He then became active in the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, which his father founded (PASOK). In 1984, he joined the PASOK Central Committee.
Papandreou was elected to the Greek Parliament in 1981, the year his father became Prime Minister, as MP for Achaea's constituency. He became Under Secretary for Cultural Affairs in 1985, Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in 1988, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1993, Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in 1994, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1996, and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1999. In 1997, he was also Minister in charge of Government Coordination for the Bid.
Papandreou, Greece's first politician to take affirmative action, allocating 5% of university positions for the Muslim majority in Thrace in his second term as Minister of Education. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Open University of Greece.
Papandreou has been given numerous awards and honorary degrees for his service for human rights. As the Foreign Minister, he facilitated closer links with Turkey and Albania. He was attempting to settle the Cyprus crisis. Papandreou also helped to end tensions over the Macedonia naming crisis. Papandreou said in 1999 that he favoured Turkey's application to join the European Union.
In December 2003, the European Voice nominated him for the European Year of the Year award as "The Bridge-Builder" and quoting Le Monde as "the architect of Greek-Turkish rapprochement." He is a founding member of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly.
Awards
- 1988: " Botsis's Foundation for the Promotion of Journalism " award for "his multifaceted struggles, which established the Free Radio as part of our democratic institutions"
- 1996: SOS against anti-Semitism, and affiliated organizations" Committee award, for his work against anti-Semitism
- 1997: Abdi Ipekci special award for Peace and Friendship ( June 1997) "for his activities in favor of Greek-Turkish approach during the period 1995–1996 while serving as Minister of National Education and Religion"
- 2000: Eastwest Institute 2000 Awards – Peace Building Awards . The 2000 "Statesman of the Year Award" given to Foreign Minister George Papandreou of Greece and Foreign Minister Ismail Cem of Turkey for their great efforts at improving relations between their respective countries
- 2002: Jackie Robinson Humanitarian Award (United States Sport Academy)
- 2003: Recipient: Defender of Democracy (Parliamentarians for Global Action)
- 2006: Open Fields Award (Truce Foundation USA)
- 2010: Quadriga Award (Werkstatt Deutschland, Germany), for The Power of Veracity (transparency regarding the state of the Greek economy)