Konstantinos Stephanopoulos

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Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (Template:Langx, 15 August 1919 – 20 November 2009) was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005.

Life and careerEdit

Template:Conservatism in Greece sidebar Stephanopoulos was born in Patras on 15 August 1926 to the lawyer and radiologist People's Party Member of Parliament, and Vrisiis Philopoulou.<ref name="ingr">Template:Cite news</ref> After attending the Saint Andrew school of Patras, he studied law at Athens University. He practiced law from 1954 until 1974 as a member of the Patras Bar Association.<ref name="ingr"/>

He first stood for election in 1958, with the National Radical Union and was elected for the first time as MP for Achaea Prefecture in 1964. He was re-elected for the same constituency for New Democracy (ND) in 1974, 1977, 1981 and 1985.<ref name="ingr"/><ref name="diatelesantes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He served as ND parliamentary secretary and parliamentary spokesman from 1981 to 1985.<ref name="ingr"/>

In 1974, Stephanopoulos was appointed Deputy Minister of Commerce in the National Unity government of Constantine Karamanlis. For the next seven years, he served in a number of ministerial posts in New Democracy governments; Minister for the Interior from November 1974 to September 1976; Minister for Social Services from September 1976 to November 1977 and Minister for the Presidency from 1977 to 1981.<ref name="ingr"/>

In August 1985 he resigned from ND after a disagreement with Konstantinos Mitsotakis and on 6 September formed Democratic Renewal (DIANA). He was elected Member of Parliament for Athens in the 1989 elections while continuing as the leader of DIANA, until it disbanded in June 1994.<ref name="ingr"/><ref name="diatelesantes"/>

On 8 March 1995, after being nominated by the conservative Political Spring party and supported by the ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), he was elected President of Greece, winning the election on a third ballot of MPs with 181 votes. He was the fifth person to hold the post since the restoration of democratic rule in 1974. He was re-elected on 8 February 2000 on the first ballot, after receiving the support of 269 of the 298 MPs present. He remained in office until 2 March 2005, when he was succeeded by Karolos Papoulias.<ref name="ingr"/>

As a President he was known for his low-key profile, unifying approach to current and international affairs, and gentlemanly behaviour. During his presidency, he was consistently the most popular public figure in Greece.<ref>Ο Γ. Παπανδρέου δημοφιλέστερος πολιτικός, Imerisia Online</ref><ref>Πρώτος σε δημοτικότητα ο Κ. Στεφανόπουλος, Imerisia Online</ref><ref name="wpost">Template:Cite news</ref>

As head of state of the host country in the Opening Ceremony, he is the first President of the Hellenic Republic officially declare open the 2004 Summer Olympics of Athens, the Olympic Homecoming of the modern era on 13 August 2004. Stephanopoulos was accompanied by Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos.

Stephanopoulos died in Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, on 20 November 2016 at the age of 90. He had been hospitalised three days earlier, suffering from fever and severe respiratory difficulty, which later emerged as pneumonia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

FamilyEdit

Stephanopoulos was married for 29 years to Tzeni Stounopoulou, who died in 1988. The couple had three children.<ref name="ingr"/>

Honours and awardsEdit

Stephanopoulos received many honorary awards and the highest decorations of foreign countries. He was an honorary citizen of many Greek towns.

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Template:Flag : Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (24 April 1999)
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Template:Flag : Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1 July 1999)<ref name=":0" />
Template:Flag : Grand Cross (or 1st Class) of the Order of the White Double Cross (2000)<ref>Slovak republic website, State honours : 1st Class in 2000 (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table)</ref>
Template:Flag : Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry (21 February 2000)
Template:Flag : Knight Grand Cross with Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (23 January 2001)
Template:Flag : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Falcon (18 September 2001)<ref>Icelandic Presidency Website (Icelandic), Order of the Falcon, Stephanopoulos, Constantinos Template:Webarchive</ref>
Template:Flag : Knight with the Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX (2002)
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Template:Flag : Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau<ref name="Gr">www.gouvernement.lu/ Template:Webarchive, State visit of President Stephanopoulos in Luxembourg, July 2001</ref>
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Template:Flag : Received a copy of the key of the city of Tirana on the occasion of his state visit to Albania.<ref>Received a copy of the key of the city of Tirana, 19.10.2004 Template:Webarchive</ref>
Template:Flag : Honorary Doctor Degree, Azerbaijan State University of Economics

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