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	Costas Caramanlis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karamanlis was a member of New Democracy's youth wing, ONNED, and served in ONNED's and New Democracy's organisational and ideological sectors from 1974 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1989.
		Karamanlis was elected a New Democracy deputy for Thessaloniki in 1989, but in 2004 he was elected for Larissa.
		Karamanlis is the youngest ever Greek Prime Minister, and the first born after World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Costas_Caramanlis (241 words)

	AthensNews onLine SEARCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Costas Karamanlis, 47, the conservative New Democracy leader, also owes a lot to the name of his uncle, the prominent statesman Constantine Karamanlis.
		Karamanlis, Greece's youngest premier when he took power in October 1955, won an overwhelming - though strongly disputed as a result of violence and fraud - electoral victory against Papandreou.
		Karamanlis had been called urgently back to Greece from his Paris exile to fill the vacuum after the junta collapsed in July 1974.
	www.athensnews.gr /athweb/nathens.print_unique?e=C&f=13048&m=A04&aa=3&eidos=S (640 words)

	KONSTANTINOS KARAMANLIS DIES
		Karamanlis, who served as his country's prime minister four times and was twice head of state, ordered a referendum in December 1974 in which 70 percent of the electorate voted for the abolition of the monarchy and the setting up of a presidential repub lic in its stead.
		Karamanlis was elected to parliament for the first time in 1935 as an MP for the Peoples Party from the Serres region, and was re-elected in 1936, but after the August 4 dictatorship was imposed he returned to Serres and started practicing law.
		Karamanlis resigned as the head of ERE after the party failed to carry the November 1963 elections, and a month later went into self-exile in Paris, where he remained for 11 years, during which time he was not actively involved in politics.
	www.argyrosargyrou.fsnet.co.uk /obit2.htm (2083 words)

	Online NewsHour: Newsmaker: Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis -- May 21, 2004
		Karamanlis was educated both in Greece and the U.S., at Tufts University in Boston.
		COSTAS KARAMANLIS: Let me start out by saying that I think that we have succeeded in Greece, at least as far as foreign policy is concerned, not to have very strong partisan feelings, strifes and conflicts.
		COSTAS KARAMANLIS: One thing, Greece is a member state, full member state for the last 25 years of the EU, and we deem ourselves as being front-runners of the European Project, the European vision.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june04/greece_5-21.html (1718 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Profile: Costas Karamanlis
		Costas Karamanlis, who has led the conservative New Democracy (ND) party to electoral victory in Greece, will not have to look far if he wants advice in his new job as prime minister.
		His family is one of the two most powerful political dynasties in the country and his uncle, Constantine Karamanlis, is a towering figure of modern Greek history.
		While his uncle, a schoolmaster's son, was known to have an austere personality, the 47-year-old Costas has been depicted as a more easy-going, affable figure, with a love of football.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3535955.stm (459 words)

	Tufts E-News -- Grad Elected Prime Minister of Greece
		Or as Costas Karamanlis, the country’s newly-elected prime minister, describes it: “a changing of the generations.” In a sweeping win, the 47-year-old Fletcher School graduate returned his New Democracy party to power and became the youngest person elected a prime minister in modern Greek history.
		Securing more than 45 percent of the vote, Karamanlis led his party – which was founded by his uncle in the mid-1970s – to power for the first time in more than a decade, ending more than 10 years of socialist rule.
		But Karamanlis – who met with the top organizers of the Athens Olympics within hours of winning the general election – says he is ready for the challenge.
	tufts.edu /communications/stories/030804GradElectedPrimeMinister.htm (566 words)

	EMBASSY OF GREECE: PRESS OFFICE - News Flash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Costas Karamanlis, a nephew of the former president of the republic by the same name, was elected late last night as new leader of the main opposition New Democracy party during the party's fourth congress, putting an end to seven months of internal uncertainty sparked by the party's defeat in last September's general election.
		Karamanlis was born in Athens on Sept. 14, 1956.
		Costas Karamanlis continued his education in the US from 1980-84, where he gained a masters degree and a doctorate in political sciences, international relations and diplomatic history.
	www.greekembassy.org /press/newsflash/1997/March/nflash0322.html (472 words)

	Greece's conservatives oust ... - Mar. 09, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		On domestic issues, Karamanlis pledged to focus on education, culture and to establish a "genuine welfare state".
		Karamanlis is a 47-year-old lawyer and a nephew of New Democracy's late founder Constantine Karamanlis, who served as prime minister in the 1950s and 1970s and steered Greece into the then European Community in 1979.
		Karamanlis has embarked on reclaiming the political center from the Socialist Party, which dominated it under Simitis.
	www.inq7.net /wnw/2004/mar/09/text/wnw_4-1-p.htm (518 words)

	Greece: Conservatives Sweep Into Power - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Karamanlis is promising to modernize the economy and to carry through the massively expensive Olympic games to take place in Athens this summer.
		Karamanlis has promised policies to attract fresh foreign investment to Greece, which is suffering unemployment of almost 10 percent despite growth rates that are above average in the EU's eurozone.
		Karamanlis will be in a position to give the final push to the Greek Cypriots to remove their lingering reservations about being rushed into an agreement, and can also encourage the Turkish Cypriots, through contacts with Turkey.
	www.rferl.org /featuresarticle/2004/3/3278E947-77AB-479B-940C-A933E8F1C0D9.html (878 words)

	Greek News - Karamanlis Wins Big
		A lawyer and international affairs experts, 48-year old Costas Karamanlis has been ND leader for the past seven years, after being elected to the position at the party’s 4th congress.
		Karamanlis has not held a Cabinet portfolio because PASOK has been in power since 1981, excluding the period of 1990-1993, when a ND government under Constantine Mitsotakis was in power.
		Costas Karamanlis – who is expected to announce his new government today, or tomorrow – also promised to work for a just solution of the Cyprus problem and for successful Olympic Games.
	www.greeknewsonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1121 (755 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In his remarks, President Papadopoulos said he and Mr Karamanlis had very cordial talks in which they examined the present situation of the Cyprus problem and reaffirmed their desire to resume the efforts for its solution, which remains their main pursuit and goal.
		Mr Karamanlis stressed that the common aim remains the need to solve the Cyprus problem, within the framework of the UN so that all Cypriots can live in conditions of security and prosperity and enjoy the fruits of the accession to the EU.
		Replying to a question on the issue of Turkey’s EU course, Mr Karamanlis said that his country had for long supported Turkey’s European orientation, but that was based, however, on certain rules, criteria and attitudes.
	www.mfa.gov.cy /mfa/mfa.nsf/NewsArchiveDisplay?OpenForm&NewID=FCE6732841BFAF67C2256F4E00219693 (371 words)

	GreeceNow: The turning of the page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Karamanlis was later shuttled through the hordes of carousing fans to Zappeion Mansion, where he delivered a nationally televised statement.
		Interpreting the landslide victory as a mandate for reform, a victorious Karamanlis told Greek voters, “Today, with your vote, you confirmed your clear demand for political change.” The triumphant ND leader vowed to deliver “immediately” on his campaign pledges for social reforms and to “put the citizen at the centre of politics.”
		Viewed by his peers as a rising star in the New Democracy fold, Karamanlis was elected second Thessaloniki MP with ND in the elections of June 1989 and April 1990, and as first MP in October 1993, September 1996 and April 2000.
	www1.greece.gr /POLITICS/InternalAffairs/theturningofthepage-1.stm (831 words)

	Costas Karamanlis receives Mikis Theodorakis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Karamanlis for his undertaking of the Ministry of Culture.
		Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, who has also assumed the role of culture minister in the new Cabinet, yesterday received composer Mikis Theodorakis at Maximos Mansion.
		Theodorakis said he discussed cultural matters with Karamanlis who, he said, is the first Greek prime minister to lay emphasis on cultural matters and display an interest in the opinions of those involved in the arts.
	www.mikis-theodorakis.net /ck-mt-e.htm (114 words)

	MILITARY INTERVENTION IN FYROM MIGHT BE NEEDED [Free Republic]
		Karamanlis outlined the main points of his political recommendation on developments in the Balkans, which was unanimously ratified by the leaders of Europe's center-right.
		Karamanlis told Greek reporters that both ND and the EPP had warned some time ago that developments in FYROM were on a dangerous course.
		Karamanlis, whose special report on the Balkans was unanimously adopted by the EPP summit, said that both KFOR and NATO should have taken all necessary measures to prevent the activities of extremist forces and safeguard borders with Kosovo.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b2a24503713.htm (436 words)

	Srdja Trifkovic's NEWS & VIEWS UNFIT TO PRINT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The winner, Costas Karamanlis, is a nephew of Konstantine Karamanlis, the country’s first democratically elected prime minister after the end of the military rule in 1974.
		Costas Karamanlis is taking over less than a fortnight before the March 22 deadline set by Kofi Annan, the UN secretary general, for reaching a Cyprus settlement.
		Many Greeks are unhappy with the way the Socialists had handled the talks, and suspect the UN of pressuring Greece to accept a deal that would effectively reward three decades of Turkish aggression, ethnic cleansing, and illegal occupation of the northern third of the island.
	www.chroniclesmagazine.org /News/Trifkovic04/NewsST031104.html (1043 words)

	WHO IS WHO: Dr Costas Karamanlis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Karamanlis received his Masters degree in political science and economics and his Ph.D. in diplomatic history from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (Boston, 1980-84).
		Costas Karamanlis has practiced law in the years between 1984-89, while also teaching political science, diplomatic history and corporate law at the Deree College (1983-1985).
		Costas Karamanlis is a president of KIPAEA (Movement for the Promotion of Disarmament, Peace and Security in Europe) and the Hellenic Centre for the Promotion of the European Union (Europe 92).
	www.novinite.com /view_news.php?id=31984 (434 words)

	Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 04-03-09
		New Democracy (ND) leader Costas Karamanlis, whose party won a comfortable parliamentary majority in Sunday's national elections, on Monday received a mandate from the President of the Republic to form a government.
		Karamanlis was also due to call on Stephanopoulos at 1:00 to receive a mandate to form a government, after outgoing parliament president Apostolos Kaklamanis called on the President to formally brief him on the new composition of the 300-member unicameral parliament following Sunday's elections.
		Simitis also called Karamanlis to congratulate him on his electoral victory, and told him that he had ordered his ministers to remain in their posts until they handed over the ministries to the ND government's ministers.
	www.hri.org /news/greek/ana/2004/04-03-09.ana.html (5985 words)

	Greek premier to make first official visit Turkey in 46 years
		Karamanlis accepted an invitation from his Turkish counterpart Racip Tayyip Erdogan, who himself paid an official visit to Athens in May last year, the first time in a decade and a half, the Greek prime minister's press service said.
		It was "not possible to forget the support that my friend Costas Karamanlis gave at the European Union, especially during the December 17 process," concerning the accession of Turkey to the EU.
		Karamanlis was one of the witnesses at the wedding of Erdogan's daughter in Turkey last year and has a good personal relationship with him.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=50715 (759 words)

	CNN.com - Familiar names in epic Greek clash - Mar 5, 2004
		Karamanlis is nephew of a former Conservative premier.
		Karamanlis is the nephew of Constantine Karamanlis, a former Conservative prime minister.
		Because at 47 and 52 respectively Costas Karamanlis and George Papandreou represent a younger, new wave of Greek politicians.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/05/greece.oakley (477 words)

	ND leads PASOK in latest opinion poll - www.ezboard.com
		Karamanlis was seen as more modern, as having a vision for Greece, as more approachable and more able to express the interests of the Greeks.
		Midway through its four-year term, the government yesterday was contemplating its continuing slide in opinion polls and judging the results of a nationally televised news conference by Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Monday night, in which he presented the achievements of the past two years and his plans before the next elections in 2004.
		Simitis's aides at the Maximos Mansion were reasonably pleased with the result of his televised appearance, mainly on the basis of a poll commissioned from the Kappa Research company involving 88 PASOK voters, 85 supporters of the conservative New Democracy opposition party and 27 supporters of other parties.
	p199.ezboard.com /fgreeceellasfrm1.showMessage?topicID=127.topic (1036 words)

	Greek News - Deputy Economy Minister Pachtas Forced to Resign
		Karamanlis 60.6%, while N. Con stantopoulos of the Coalition of the Left is at 44% and D. Tsovolas of DIKKI is at 36%.
		Meanwhile, former Athens Mayor Dimitris Avramopoulos, was received by ND President Costas Karamanlis and announced his return to the party.
		Karamanlis added that ND had the backing of several former voters of ruling PASOK who were disappointed by the government's inconsistent policies, as well as of young people.
	www.greeknewsonline.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=931 (626 words)

	KARAMANLIS YOUNGEST GREEK PRIME MINISTER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		President of New Democracy Costas Karamanlis, following his party's victory in the national elections, is the youngest politician to undertake the governing of Greece, as he is becoming Prime Minister at 48.
		Costas Simitis, visited President of the Republic Costis Stefanopoulos shortly before noon today, in order to formally submit his resignation.
		In his message to the Greek people following New Democracy's election, Costas Karamanlis set Education, Culture, and a new financial and agricultural policy as the first priorities of the government, while he stressed that attention will be paid to the development of the welfare state.
	www.mpa.gr /article.html?doc_id=440231 (313 words)

	Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 05-06-13
		Commenting on Papandreou's remarks, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said: «Do elections have a meaning when it is certain that you will lose?" The prime minister stressed that he was certain that PASOK is afraid of elections.
		Speaking during the Parliamentary debate for a vote of confidence in the government requested by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, Kaklamanis said that there were two ways to get rid of a government: either through Parliament, which Papandreou had failed to ask for, or by the verdict of the people.
		Costas Karamanlis is a great-hearted man and may answer affirmatively," the minister said.
	www.hri.org /news/greek/ana/2005/05-06-13.ana.html (6335 words)

	CNN.com - Olympian task for new Greek leader - Mar 8, 2004
		Karamanlis had gone into the campaign well ahead in opinion polls.
		On the right was Karamanlis, 47, nephew of a former prime minister who led Greece out of military dictatorship.
		Karamanlis becomes the first Greek head of government born after World War II and the bitter 1946-49 civil war between conservatives and communists that followed.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/03/08/greece.votes (586 words)

	Greek premier to make first official visit Turkey in 46 years
		Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will travel to Turkey, officials said, in the first official visit in 46 years as ties between the former arch-foes continue to warm.
		Karamanlis accepted an invitation from his Turkish counterpart Racip Tayyip Erdogan, who himself paid an official visit to Athens in May 2004, the first time in a decade and a half, the Greek prime minister's press service said.
		Karamanlis was one of the three witnesses at the marriage of Erdogan's daughter in Turkey in 2004, and the two men are close personal friends.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=50695 (529 words)

	Hamamböcüleri Alternatif Haberler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		In a letter sent March 11, Bush congratulated Karamanlis for his victory and pledged that Washington would assist the Cyprus talks and help Greece organize the Athens Olympics in August.
		Earlier Thursday, it was announced that Karamanlis would attend Cyprus peace talks between Greece, Turkey and the island's two rival communities opening in Switzerland next week.
		Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will attend UN talks on the reunification of Cyprus being held in Switzerland next week.
	www.stwing.upenn.edu /~durduran/hamambocu/haberler/fullnews.php?id=724 (5313 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Greeks go to the polls Sunday, in what likely will be a close election between the conservative opposition party and the socialists who have held power since 1993.
		Recent surveys of the country's 10 million voters indicate the conservative New Democracy Party of Costas Karamanlis holds a three point lead over the socialist PASOK Party led by former Foreign Minister George Papandreou.
		Karamanlis, who, at 47, would be Greece's youngest prime minister since 1945, is the nephew of the founder of New Democracy, a man who served as prime minister in the 1950s.
	quickstart.clari.net /voa/art/bh/9A25CCD6-E43E-48E6-9D4E9B40DF277CF4.html (240 words)

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