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  George Papandreou - Encyclopedia.com
George Papandreou päand180;pendrā´oo, 1888-1968, Greek political leader, father of Andreas Papandreou and grandfather of George Papandreou (1952-).
Papandreou was active in the Greek resistance in World War II and headed (1944-45) the government-in-exile.
George A. Papandreou Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-PapandrG.html   (812 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: George Papandreou -- April 22, 1999
GEORGE PAPANDREOU: Well, we have from the outset had reservations on the military actions of the bombing in Kosovo for basically two reasons.
GEORGE PAPANDREOU: Well, I think what want to do now is be as helpful being in that particular situation where we are actually in a unique situation being both a NATO country and EU country and the only NATO and EU country actually right there, right next to the conflict.
GEORGE PAPANDREOU: Well, we obviously have to convince Milosevic that there must be a solution where first of all there is a withdrawal of troops.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/europe/jan-june99/papandreou_4-22.html   (1321 words)

  
  Giorgos Papandreou - Phantis
Papandreou was born in St Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, where his father, Andreas Papandreou, then held a university post.
Papandreou's educational career reflected the movements of his father, who had been exiled from Greece for political reasons in 1939 and did not return until 1959.
Papandreou was elected Vice President of the Socialist International following a proposal by the President, Antonio Gutteres, at the second day of session of the Council of Socialist International held in Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) on May 24, 2005.
wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Giorgos_Papandreou   (810 words)

  
 George Papandreou - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Papandreou was born in St Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, where his father, Andreas Papandreou, then held a university post.
Papandreou's educational career reflected the movements of his father, who had been exiled from Greece for political reasons in 1939 and did not return until 1959.
Papandreou was elected Vice President of the Socialist International following a proposal by the President, Antonio Gutteres, at the second day of session of the Council of Socialist International held in Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) on May 24, 2005.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/George_Papandreou   (795 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Papandreou was born in Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek Liberal politician George Papandreou.
George Papandreou died under house arrest in 1968, and Andreas was again expelled from the country.
Papandreou was easily re-elected in 1985 with 46%, but in 1989 the elections produced a deadlock, which led to a prolonged political crisis.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Andreas_Papandreou   (1484 words)

  
 Andreas Papandreou Summary
Papandreou was born in Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek Liberal politician George Papandreou.
Papandreou was easily re-elected in 1985 with 46%, but in 1989 the elections produced a deadlock, which led to a prolonged political crisis.
Papandreou's son, George Papandreou, was elected leader of PASOK in February 2004.
www.bookrags.com /Andreas_Papandreou   (2864 words)

  
 George Papandreau
George Papandreou was born on June 26, 1952, in the US state of Minnesota.
In 2004 George Papandreou, one of the most popular figures in contemporary Greek politics became leader of PASOK though the party lost the elections to the Costa Karamanlis led New Democracy Party.
George Papandreou proves that America, is still the land of opportunity our ancestors believed in, and if you go to school, are honest and work hard one day you may be prime minister of Greece.
www.ahistoryofgreece.com /biography/georgepapandreou.htm   (598 words)

  
 Η Ελληνική Προεδρία της ΕΕ - eu2003.gr - George Papandreou at the Arab League summit, Sharm ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Papandreou reiterated the need for Saddam Hussein's full compliance with UN Security Council resolution 1441 and expressed support for the initiatives of the Arab world aimed at a peaceful resolution of the Iraq crisis, with their sending a clear message to Baghdad.
Addressing the 22-nation Arab League, Papandreou restated the joint decision of the 15 EU Member States of 17 February, which was endorsed by the ten acceding and 3 candidate countries, noting however that he could not be certain the EU would have a common stance in the event of unilateral military action.
In his speech at the Arab League summit, Papandreou reiterated that the settlement of the Palestinian problem was a standing priority for the EU.
www.eu2003.gr /en/articles/2003/3/2/2121   (2105 words)

  
 greekworks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Papandreou in his election: interestingly enough, of the million people who “voted” for him, only about 15 percent were actually members of his party.
Papandreou quickly enough (in truth, rather savagely, we suspect) once again four years from now, which should prove to be the end of the Papandreou clan’s less-than-beneficent relationship to Greece over the last three generations.
Papandreou is that he is now prepared — because he sincerely believes it, by all appearances — to drag his party so far to the right that it will make its continuing existence not merely problematic but pointless.
www.greekworks.com /content/index.php/weblog/extended/kstas_karamanls_george_papandreou_and_the_wizard_of_oz   (1257 words)

  
 Papandreou - Pasok
Papandreou, your silence vindicates the dictators of 1967
George Papandreou is covering up the truth and has not answered our calls or emails or our letter delivered in person by Mr.
Papandreou, your silence vindicates the dictators of 1967 Mr.
www.papandreou-pasok.info   (1062 words)

  
 'Go ahead George, change it all': George Papandreou interviewed | openDemocracy
George Papandreou: In January 2004, my party, Pasok (the Panhellenic Socialist Movement), had been in power for twenty years with only one brief interruption and I was my country’s foreign minister.
George Papandreou: I think it created enthusiasm and we ended up 5% behind, rather than 10%, and with over 40% of the vote.
George Papandreou: There is a traditional style of leadership that caters to a deep insecurity that people may have.
www.opendemocracy.net /democracy-open_politics/george_papandreou_2255.jsp   (4568 words)

  
 Zygmunt Mineyko (1940 - 1925) and George Papandreou as family in Greece
Papandreou closest relatives, his parents and Sophia, his wife, stayed in Athens for a few days in anxiety and fear, afraid both for George and Stanislaus and their own security which was threatened by repression from King Constantine’s supporters.
Papandreou, sent by Venizelos, assisted by Satnislaw Mineyko disembarked in Mitilini, where he got in touch with the young patriots, armed them, and in a bold attack on the garrison imprisoned the majority of the soldiers.
Papandreou’s main achievement was in organizing the honest distribution of basic food supplies and in reducing financial speculation on Chios.
pages.interlog.com /~mineykok/zdrada.html   (2620 words)

  
 B2-92 interview with George Papandreou   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
PAPANDREOU: I was not there to see exactly what had happened, but this incident was communicated to me. There were different versions of it but in any case, I feel that this incident was a very unfortunate one and I asked Minister Jovanovic to look into this immediately.
PAPANDREOU: First of all, Greece is a signatory of the court and has ratified the international treaty.
PAPANDREOU: Greece has been a country which has felt that sanctions have been unproductive for Yugoslavia to make the necessary steps for change, for a movement forward, for a different relationship with Europe.
www.freeb92.net /intervju/eng/2000/0908papandreou.phtml   (2654 words)

  
 Panhellenic Socialist Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Its founder was Andreas Papandreou, the son of the late Greek liberal leader George Papandreou.
But although Papandreou reduced ND's lead in the polls to 3%, he was unable to reverse the view of a majority of Greek voters that PASOK had been in power too long and had grown lazy and corrupt.
On 31 January 2006, George Papandreou was elected President of the Socialist International, the worldwide organisation of social democratic, socialist and labour parties.
www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DPASOK%26type%3Den   (1138 words)

  
 The Coup in Athens
The king refused, it being argued that it would be improper for George Papandreou to head the defence ministry when his own son, Andreas, was under investigation for his alleged involvement in the Aspida conspiracy.
George Papandreou's educational reforms were systematically dismantled, school textbooks were rewritten, and entry to higher education made dependent on political tests.
When the veteran centre politician George Papandreou died, aged eighty, in November 1968, his funeral, at which his old friend and political rival Panayiotis Kanellopoulos delivered a moving oration, became a gesture of protest against the regime on the part of the several hundred thousand mourners who attended it.
www.cyprus-conflict.net /coup_in_athens.htm   (5436 words)

  
 George Papandreou
When Venizelos was forced to flee Athens, Papandreou accompanied him to Crete, and then went to Lesbos, where he mobilised anti-monarchist supporters in the islands and rallied support for Venizelos's insurgent pro-British government in Thessaloniki.
Papandreou spent the rest of the 1950s in opposition, while the conservatives were in the ascendant and the left was repressed by the royalist controlled armed forces.
George Papandreou and Eleftherios Venizelos on the Acropolis
www.mlahanas.de /Greece/History/Portraits/GeorgePapandreouSenior.html   (619 words)

  
 Η Ελληνική Προεδρία της ΕΕ - eu2003.gr - Telephone conversation between George Papandreou and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
George A. Papandreou and General Secretary of the UN, Kofi Anan had a telephone conversation last night concerning developments in Iraq and the dispatching of humanitarian aid.
Papandreou confirmed once more, during the conversation, the position of the EU on the role of the UN in Irak.
The modes of cooperation between the EU and the UN for tackling the humanitarian problems that the war in Iraq is causing were also examined.
www.eu2003.gr /en/articles/2003/4/2/2417   (110 words)

  
 GEORGE PAPANDREOU INTERVIEW in OpenDemocracy.
George Papandreou: In January 2004, my party, Pasok (the Panhellenic Socialist Movement), had been in power for twenty years with only one brief interruption and I was my country’s foreign minister.
George Papandreou: I think it created enthusiasm and we ended up 5% behind, rather than 10%, and with over 40% of the vote.
George Papandreou: There is a traditional style of leadership that caters to a deep insecurity that people may have.
www.apodimos.com /arthra/05/Jan/Open-Democracy_GEORGE_PAPANDREOU_INTERVIEW/index.htm   (4183 words)

  
 EuroNews : George Papandreou: "We can give a political vision to the European Union."
George Papandreou: "First of all, there is, I think, a very big opportunity for Socialist International.
George Papandreou: "First of all, we have quite a few Socialists in government in the European Union.
George Papandreou: "Ancient Greece is of course and inspiration for me and I think for many people.
www.euronews.net /create_html.php?page=detail_interview&article=336686&lng=1&PHPSESSID=   (862 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Profile: George Papandreou
The "revolutionary" Mr Papandreou is said to be a calm, thoughtful and diplomatic politician in contrast to the flamboyant personalities of his father Andreas and grandfather George.
George senior was prime minister of Greece twice.
Mr Papandreou rose through the ranks of Pasok and was elected to parliament in 1981, the same year his father was elected prime minister.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3472229.stm   (461 words)

  
 Terms and Conditions of Use at George A. Papandreou ’s blog
George Papandreou and the moderators of this blog reserve the right to retract any material that does not meet any of the above conditions at any time.
George Papandreou’s blog provides links to other websites, which are each responsible for data protection and content, according to their terms and conditions.
In the case that George Papandreou has reason to believe that a user inflicts damage or oversteps the rights and property of George Papandreou or another user of the blog, legal action may be taken.
blog.papandreou.gr /si/?page_id=5   (1061 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - George Papandreou (Modern Greek History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
George Papandreou[pA´´pundrA´OO] Pronunciation Key, 1888–1968, Greek political leader.
As a young man he became involved in antiroyalist politics, serving as a member of parliament, interior minister (1923), and in several other government posts during the Republic of 1924–35.
Papandreou was active in the Greek resistance in World War II and headed (1944–45) the government-in-exile.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PapandrG.html   (261 words)

  
 AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE A. PAPANDREOU 12.7.99
Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs George A. Papandreou shares the progressive political ambitions of his father and grandfather, both former Prime Ministers of Greece.
Papandreou said that he is confident about the outcome of the next national elections (regardless of when they take place), as long as the PASOK government begins to engage directly with Greek citizens.
Papandreou, many people claim that your relations with the Prime Minister have cooled since your recent interview [with To Vima] in which you indirectly but clearly alluded to your ambition to become Prime Minister.
www.hri.org /MFA/gpap/july99/SynEthnos12799English.html   (1922 words)

  
 Greece from the book The CIAs Greatest Hits by Mark Zepezauer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Both the Papandreous, however, were a bit too independent for US policymakers.
George Papandreou had previously served as prime minister, but had been removed from power in 1965 by the king, with the assistance of the CIA.
The Papandreous weren't communists, of course, but they were something much more dangerous committed, independent nationalists.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /CIA%20Hits/Greece_CIAHits.html   (364 words)

  
 Greek elections : Two dynasties compete in an Olympic year
George Papandreou, the popular and affable, U.S.-born, 51-year old foreign minister in the outgoing Pasok socialist government, and Prime Minister Costa Simitis have jolted the rightist opposition New Democracy (ND) party, led by Constantine Karamanlis, by effectively trading places.
George Papandreou has inherited the popular name and charisma of his late grandfather, George, and his late father, Andreas.
He witnessed another premiership of Andreas Papandreou, and that of the ND's Constantine Mitsotakis — whose daughter, Dora Bakoyanni, is now mayor of Athens, the first woman in that office.
www.iht.com /articles/2004/01/27/edcooley_0.php   (743 words)

  
 Remarks with His Excellency George Papandreou, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hellenic Republic
I expressed my thanks to George for the support we have received during this time of crisis, for the condolences that have been extended to the American people by the Greek people.
I know that Greece has had these sorts of problems in the past, and that is why we share such common views on what must be done.
And so I thank the Minister and the Greek people for their support, and I thank George for having taken the time to visit with me this afternoon.
www.state.gov /secretary/former/powell/remarks/2001/5177.htm   (897 words)

  
 George A. Papandreou ’s blog
One year later, I have just returned from my first official visit to India, where we paved the way for more systematic relations between the SI and the most important party of the world’s biggest democracy, the Indian National Congress Party.
In 1984, my father worked with Indira (and later Rajiv Gandhi) to launch the Initiative of Six, a political alliance that lobbied for nuclear disarmament and peace.
George A. Papandreou ’s blog CC implemented with WordPress
blog.papandreou.gr /si   (2751 words)

  
 WPJ Spring 2004 -George Papandreou’s Honorable Legacy by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos
By way of contrast, the younger George Papandreou (whose mother, like Churchill’s, was American) has always behaved in a low-key fashion, with a personal lifestyle (unlike his father’s or grandfather’s) unmarred by sexual or other scandals.
Instead, Papandreou concentrated his energies not only on improving Greece’s image abroad, by working with rather than against Athens’s long-time allies, but also on brokering realistic solutions to seemingly intractable problems—such as the numerous Greek-Albanian disagreements over illegal immigrants, minority rights, and the like.
Papandreou simply never wavered from his principal goal, which was to try to mend Greco-Turkish fences once and for all, beginning in Cyprus.
www.worldpolicy.org /journal/articles/wpj04-1/rizopoulos.htm   (1566 words)

  
 Winner of youth vote - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
While most Greeks favoured George Papandreou, 51, personally, voters were weary of his party, Pasok, which captured 40.6 per cent of the vote, taking 117 seats.
This election was dubbed the “Battle of the Dynasties” as Karamanlis and Papandreou belong to Greece's two most influential political families.
George Papandreou, a third generation politician, was named for his grandfather, a liberal nationalist who fled the Nazi occupation of Greece during the Second World War, served as premier in 1963 and was toppled by the army coup in 1967.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar142004/fp2.asp   (904 words)

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