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Also Known As Kostas Simitis • Konstantinos Georgiou Simitis
Born June 23, 1936 • Piraeus • Greece
Died January 5, 2025 (aged 88) • Corinth • Greece
Title / Office prime minister (1996-2004), Greece
Political Affiliation Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Papandreou, George
George Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Markos Vafiades
Greek political leader
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras
prime minister of Greece
Theódoros Dhiliyiánnis
prime minister of Greece
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Venizélos
Eleuthérios Venizélos
prime minister of Greece
Pappus of Alexandria
Greek mathematician
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek statesman
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
Mercouri, Melina
Melina Mercouri
Greek actress and politician
George II
George II
king of Greece
Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls
Katina Paxinou
Greek actress
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece