Konstantinos karamanlis biography of martin

Greek politician (1907–1998)

This article is about the former Greek president who lived from 1907 to 1998.

For his nephew, see Kostas Karamanlis.

Konstantinos G. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής,^[1]pronounced[konstaˈdinoskaramanˈlis]; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998) was a Greek politician who was the four-time Prime Minister of Greece and two-termpresident of the Third Hellenic Republic.

Kostas Karamanlis (born September 14, , Athens, Greece) is a Greek politician who served as prime minister of Greece (–09).

Konstantinos Karamanlis () was a prominent Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece for three terms and also as President of Greece.

Greek statesman who was prime minister from to and again from to He then served as president from to and from to

In Paris, the mayor of the district in which Constantine Karamanlis lived for 11 years not only has not forgotten him, but has decided to pay him tribute.

He was born on March 8, , in Proti, a small Macedonian town and had six younger siblings.

A towering figure of Greek politics, his political career spanned portions of seven decades, covering much of the latter half of the 20th century.^[2]

Born near Serres in Macedonia, Karamanlis practiced law until his election to the Hellenic Parliament in 1936 as a member of the conservative People's Party.

Rising through the ranks of Greek politics after World War II, Karamanlis became Minister of Labour in 1947, and in 1951 he was named Minister for Public Works in Alexandros Papagos's Greek Rally administration. He was appointe