George Papandreou Politician
Georgios Andreas Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου [ˈʝorɣos papanˈðreu]; born 16 June 1952), commonly anglicised to George and shortened to Γιώργος in Greek, is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. Belonging to a political dynasty of long standing, he served under his father, then-prime minister Andreas Papandreou as Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs (1988–1989 and 1994–1996) and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004. Papandreou was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party from February 2004 until March 2012, and President of the Socialist International since January 2006.On 6 October 2009, George Papandreou became the 182nd Prime Minister of Greece. Following his grandfather Georgios Papandreou and his father Andreas Papandreou, he was the third member of the Papandreou family to serve as the country's prime minister. He resigned on 11 November 2011 during the Greek government debt crisis to make way for a national unity government.
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| office | Leader of the Opposition Prime Minister of Greece Minister for Foreign Affairs President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement President of Socialist International Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs |
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| successor | Tassos Yiannitsis Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos |