George Papandreou

president of the Socialist International

George Jeffrey Papandreou 16 June 1952 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

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Incumbent

Greek politician, president of the Socialist International For George Papandreou's namesake grandfather, see Georgios Papandreou. George Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου President of the Socialist InternationalIncumbentAssumed office 30 January 2006Preceded by António GuterresPrime Minister of GreeceIn office 6 October 2009 – 11 November 2011PresidentKarolos PapouliasDeputyTheodoros PangalosPreceded by Kostas KaramanlisSucceeded by Lucas PapademosLeader of the OppositionIn office 10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009Prime Minister Kostas KaramanlisPreceded by Kostas KaramanlisSucceeded by Antonis SamarasMinister of Foreign AffairsIn office 6 October 2009 – 7 September 2010Preceded by Dora BakoyannisSucceeded by Dimitrios DroutsasIn office 18 February 1999 – 13 February 2004Prime Minister Costas SimitisPreceded by Theodoros PangalosSucceeded by Tassos YiannitsisPresident of the Panhellenic Socialist MovementIn office 8 February 2004 – 18 March 2012Preceded by Costas SimitisSucceeded by Evangelos VenizelosMinister of National Education and Religious AffairsIn office 8 July 1994 – 25 September 1996Prime Minister Andreas PapandreouPreceded by Dimitrios FatourosSucceeded by Gerasimos ArsenisIn office 22 June 1988 – 2 July 1989Prime Minister Andreas PapandreouPreceded by Apostolos KaklamanisSucceeded by Vasileios KontogiannopoulosMember of the Hellenic Parliament for AchaeaIncumbentAssumed office 7 July 2019In office 6 May 2012 – 25 January 2015In office 16 September 2007 – 4 October 2009In office 18 October 1981 – 22 September 1996 Personal detailsBornGeorge Jeffrey Papandreou (1952-06-16 ) 16 June 1952 (age 69) Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.NationalityGreek, AmericanPolitical partyPanhellenic Socialist Movement (Before 2015) Movement of Democratic Socialists (2015–present) Other political affiliationsMovement for ChangeSpouse(s)Eva Zissimidou ​ ​(m. 1976; div. 1987)​ Ada Papapanou ​ ​(m. 1989; div. 2016)​ChildrenAndreas (with Eva) Margarita-Elena (with Ada) FatherAndreas PapandreouAlma materAmherst College (BA) London School of Economics (MA)WebsiteOfficial website George Andreas Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Ανδρέας Παπανδρέου , pronounced  , shortened to Giorgos (Γιώργος ) to distinguish him from his grandfather; born 16 June 1952) is a Greek–American politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for Movement for Change. Belonging to a political dynasty of long standing, he served under his father, then-prime minister Andreas Papandreou as Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs (1988–1989 and 1994–1996) and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004. Papandreou was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party, which his father founded, from February 2004 until March 2012, and has been President of the Socialist International since January 2006. On 6 October 2009, George Papandreou became the 182nd Prime Minister of Greece. He was the third member of the Papandreou family to serve as the country's prime minister, following his father Andreas and his grandfather Georgios Papandreou. He resigned on 11 November 2011 during the Greek government debt crisis to make way for a national unity government. In March 2012, he resigned as leader of PASOK, and in January 2015, he left the party completely, founding his own political party, the Movement of Democratic Socialists (KIDISO), which was the 8th most voted-for party in the January 2015 elections, but did not manage to enter Parliament. In 2017, KIDISO joined the Democratic Alignment, a political alliance formed by PASOK and other centre-left parties. Democratic Alignment later evolved into Movement for Change, which in the 2019 elections was the third most voted-for party, with Papandreou himself returning to Parliament as an MP representing the region of Achaea.