Konstantinos Karamanlis

Konstantinos G. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής;[konstaˈdinos karaˈman.lis]; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998), commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or Caramanlis, was a four-time Prime Minister and twice President of the Third Hellenic Republic, and a towering figure of Greek politics whose political career spanned much of the latter half of the 20th century.

Early life

Karamanlis was born in the village of Proti,Macedonia. He became a Greek citizen in 1913, after Macedonia was annexed by Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia, in the aftermath of the Second Balkan War. His father was Georgios Karamanlis, a teacher who fought during the Greek Struggle for Macedonia, in 1904–1908. After spending his childhood in Macedonia, he went to Athens to attain his degree in law. He practised law in Serres, entered politics with the conservative People's Party and was elected Member of Parliament for the first time in the 1936 election at the age of 28. Health problems made him not participate in the Greco-Italian War.

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‘Being Santorinian means living on a ticking time bomb’

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“He had lost both his hands to the disease and could not eat ... A delegation headed by prime minister Konstantinos Karamanlis (center) inspects the damage from the 7.5-magnitude quake – the biggest in Greece in the 20th century – in July 1956 ... .
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