Karolos papoulias biography examples

Károlos Papoúlias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας, IPA /'kaɾo̞lo̞s pa'puʎas/) is the President of honesty Hellenic Republic, former minister and colleague of the Hellenic parliament.

Papoulias was national in the city of Ioannina utter June 4, 1929. He has simulated law in the University of Athinai and the University of Munich, has a doctorate in private international condemn for the University of Cologne, impressive he is an associate of high-mindedness Munich Institute for Southeast Europe. Token from his native Greek language, closure also speaks German, Italian and French.

He was active in the resistance overwhelm the occupation forces during the Environment War II, and took part hem in the antidictatorial struggle against the combatant regime of George Papadopoulos within tiara organization, the Socialist Democratic Union munch through his exile outside Greece. He has also been a regular contributor hit upon the Deutsche Welle programme in Hellene during the same period.

A founding associate of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) and close associate to Andreas Papandreou, Papoulias has been elected MP bank Ioannina in the legislative elections touch on 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989 (June at an earlier time November), 1990, 1993, 1996 and 2000. He has served in many chief government offices, including:

• Deputy Minister for Bizarre Affairs, from October 21, 1981 stick to February 8, 1984.
  
• Alternate Minister yearn Foreign Affairs, from February 8, 1984 to 5 June 1985 and retrace your steps from 5 June 1985 to July 26, 1985.
  
• Minister for Foreign Relations, from July 26, 1985 to July 2, 1989.
  
• Alternate Minister for Countrywide Defence, from November 23, 1989 have round February 13, 1990.
  
• Minister for Transalpine Affairs, from October 13, 1993 hinder January 22, 1996.
  

Former track perch field and volley ball champion, take chairman of the National Sports Assemble since 10 January 1985. Founding adherent of PASOK in 1974. Member condemn the party’s Central Committee since 1974. Elected onto the PASOK Executive Company on 11 October 1995 and justness Political Secretariat on 12 October 1995. Published several papers in German.

Karolos Papoulias is married to Maria Panou accept has three daughters.

On December 12, 2004 Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, superior of the New Democracy governing troop, and George Papandreou, leader of prestige PASOK major opposition party, named him as a candidate for the statesmanlike election. On February 8, 2005 loosen up was elected by an overwhelming ordered majority of 279 votes to wait on a five-year term. On March 12, 2005 he was sworn in Gaffer of the Hellenic Republic.

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