Georgios Papandreou
Georgios Papandreou was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, in 1952.
He is a Greek/American politician and Sociologist. He was elected MP (PASOK) for Achaia in the general elections of 1981, 1985, 1989 (June and November), 1990, and 1993; and for Athens in the general elections of 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2007. In the general election of 2009 he was elected MP for Attica.
Political Career[edit]
He was the Minister for Foreign Affairs from1999 -2004 and Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1996-1999. Additionally, he was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs (1988-1989 and 1994-1996); Deputy Minister for Culture (1985-1987) and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs (1993-1994). He was a member of the PASOK Central Committee since 1984 and Vice-president of the Centre for Research and Self-Learning.
Education Career[edit]
He studied Sociology, at Amherst University, USA, and Emigration Issues, at the University of Stockholm. He did his postgraduate Studies in the Sociology of Development at the London School of Economics, and International Relations, at Harvard University. He speaks English and Swedish.
Notable Work[edit]
He sits on the Boards of the Mediterranean Research Foundation and the Georgos Papandreou Foundation. He is also a founding member of the Helsinki Citizens Assembly, and co-ordinator of the campaign to win the 2004 Olympic Games for Athens. He received awards from the Botsis foundation for his struggle for free radio stations in1988; from “SOS Racism” for his contribution in the fight against racism and xenophobia in1996. He also received the Ipektsi Prize for his activities towards Greek-Turkish rapprochement (as Minister for Education (1995-1996). He proclaimed a Great Crusader of the Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Holy Sepulchre, and awarded the Grand Cross by Diodoros I, the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Published (in Greek): 1974-1990: The Orbit of History, and The Tree and the Forest (1996).
