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Also Known As General Markos
Born January 28, 1906 • Turkey
Died February 22, 1992 (aged 86) • Athens • Greece
Founder Communist Party of Greece
Political Affiliation Panhellenic Socialist Movement
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George Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Costas Simitis
prime minister of Greece
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras
prime minister of Greece
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Isocrates
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Eleuthérios Venizélos
prime minister of Greece
Pappus of Alexandria
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Samaras, Antonis
Antonis Samaras
prime minister of Greece
Papandreou, Andreas
Andreas Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Kapodístrias, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 19th century; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum of Greece, Athens
Ioánnis Antónios, Komis Kapodístrias
Greek statesman
Kostas Karamanlis
Kostas Karamanlis
prime minister of Greece
Georgios Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Papademos, Lucas
Lucas Papademos
prime minister of Greece
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Melina Mercouri
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Theódoros Dhiliyiánnis
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George II
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