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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). His third cabinet was formed after the 2000 elections and was succeeded by the first cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis (New Democracy).
He succeeded in leadership Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004. Simitis was a founding member of PASOK, and he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in Papandreou’s first government.
This is a list of the heads of government of the modern Greek state, from its establishment during the Greek Revolution to the present day. Although various official and semi-official appellations were used during the early decades of independent statehood, the title of prime minister has been the formal designation of the office at least since 1843.
Prime Minister of Greece: Andreas Papandreou (until 17 January) [2] Prime Minister of Greece: Costas Simitis (starting 22 January) [3] Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament: Apostolos Kaklamanis [4] Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ioannis Patsantaras: Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. [1] The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert .
Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas Karamanlis is the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis , who was six times (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974, 1977) Prime Minister and twice President of Greece (1980–1985, 1990–1995), and the founder of New Democracy after the restoration of democracy in 1974.
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10 March 2004 – 19 September 2007 Kostas Karamanlis: New Democracy: Third Cabinet of Costas Simitis: 13 April 2000 – 10 March 2004 Costas Simitis Panhellenic Socialist Movement: Second Cabinet of Costas Simitis: 25 September 1996 – 13 April 2000 Costas Simitis Panhellenic Socialist Movement: First Cabinet of Costas Simitis