Karolos Papoulias
Karolos Papoulias | |
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| Κάρολος Παπούλιας | |
Papoulias in 2009 | |
| President of Greece | |
| In office 12 March 2005 – 13 March 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Kostas Karamanlis George Papandreou Lucas Papademos Panagiotis Pikrammenos Antonis Samaras Alexis Tsipras |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Prokopis Pavlopoulos |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 13 October 1993 – 22 January 1996 | |
| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Michalis Papakonstantinou |
| Succeeded by | Theodoros Pangalos |
| In office 26 July 1985 – 2 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Ioannis Charalambopoulos |
| Succeeded by | Tzannis Tzannetakis |
| Member of the Hellenic Parliament | |
| In office 20 November 1977 – 7 March 2004 | |
| Constituency | Ioannina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 June 1929 Molyvdoskepastos, Ioannina, Greece |
| Died | 26 December 2021 (aged 92) Athens, Greece |
| Resting place | Ioannina Island, Greece |
| Political party | Panhellenic Socialist Movement |
| Spouse | Mary Panou |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Athens University of Milan University of Cologne |
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Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας [ˈkarolos paˈpuʎas]; 4 June 1929 – 26 December 2021) was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015.
A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), he previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1993 until 1996.