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    2004. The leadership transition from Papandreou to Simitis was neither orderly nor `friendly.' Simitis faced loyalists of the former Prime Minister who...
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  • Simitis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Costas Simitis (born 1936), Greek politician Ilse Grubrich-Simitis, German psychoanalyst...
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    Aided by the unpopularity of the incumbent PASOK government led by Costas Simitis (a party that had been in power between 1981 and 1989 and from 1993...
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    ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet. This...
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    elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party...
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  • Kostas or Costas (Greek: Κώστας) is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Costas Andreou...
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    role of Prime Minister; he died six months later. He was succeeded by Costas Simitis, the candidate of the modernising, pro-European wing of PASOK (the so-called...
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    1994–1996). He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Costas Simitis from 1999 to 2004. Papandreou was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist...
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    of national memory was reclaimed. Papandreou's successor in office, Costas Simitis, broke with a number of Papandreou's approaches. Papandreou's son, George...
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    elections by George Papandreou, who succeeded retiring Prime Minister Costas Simitis as party leader in February. Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas...
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    Costas Simitis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for three consecutive terms (1996-2004), at the head of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)...
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    "bezeichnende Relation""). Spiros Simitis obtained West German citizenship in 1975. His younger brother, Costas Simitis, served as Prime Minister of Greece...
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  • Eurozone requirements. New Democracy's government accused PASOK, and Costas Simitis, the prime minister and president of PASOK at that time, of having falsified...
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  • Ανάπτυξης) of Greece was created in January 1996 by then Prime Minister Costas Simitis through the merger of three former ministries: the Ministry of Industry...
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    the elections of 1993, Kosmidis was recruited by Minister of Trade Costas Simitis to the Ministry of Trade. He was General Secretary of the Ministry of...
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  • Amendment was initiated by the government of PASOK and prime minister, Costas Simitis, in 1998. Three years later the 7th Revisionary Parliament decided on...
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    Minister Costas Simitis Preceded by Theodoros Pangalos Succeeded by Kostas Karamanlis In office 26 September 1996 – 19 February 1999 Prime Minister Costas Simitis...
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    Papandreou Antonis Tritsis Giannos Kranidiotis Georgios Gennimatas Costas Simitis Works I Dimokratia sto apospasma Remembrance Andreas Papandreou airbase...
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    Savigny Heinrich Schütz Moritz Schuppert Manfred Siebald Wilhelm Röpke Costas Simitis Jack Thiessen Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov Richard Wiese (linguist) List...
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  • Greece, resigns due to health problems; a new government forms under Costas Simitis. January 24 – Polish Premier Józef Oleksy resigns amid accusations that...
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  • ISBN 9781349740246. "Konstantinos Simitis - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 June 2018. "Costas Simitis". the Guardian. Retrieved...
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  • years later, Costas Simitis replaced Andreas Papandreou as the leader of PASOK after Papandreou's hospitalisation with heart disease. Simitis modernised...
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  • served as a senior Minister in the governments of Andreas Papandreou and Costas Simitis. He was notable for his participation in the Greek Resistance during...
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    Bush, President European Union Romano Prodi, Commission President Costas Simitis, Prime Minister of Greece and rotating Council President Saunders, Doug...
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    Papandreou Antonis Tritsis Giannos Kranidiotis Georgios Gennimatas Costas Simitis Works I Dimokratia sto apospasma Remembrance Andreas Papandreou airbase...
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    Minister for Culture); Mikis Theodorakis, composer of resistance songs; Costas Simitis (prime minister from 1996 to 2004); Andreas Papandreou (prime minister...
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    office 10 March 1995 – 12 March 2005 Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou Costas Simitis Kostas Karamanlis Preceded by Konstantinos Karamanlis Succeeded by Karolos...
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  • Among its most widely known members were film director Jules Dassin, Costas Simitis, subsequently Prime Minister of Greece, Nikos Konstantopoulos, subsequently...
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  • Verhofstadt 28th — 2002  Canada José María Aznar 29th — 2003  France Costas Simitis 30th — 2004  United States Paul Martin Bertie Ahern 31st — 2005  United...
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    spoke out strongly against the intention of the Greek government under Costas Simitis to follow EU directives, especially where they clashed with what he...
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