Editing Antonis Samaras (section)

== Early life and education ==
Born in [[Athens]], Samaras is the son of Doctor Konstantinos Samaras (a Professor of [[Cardiology]]) and Lena (née Zannas, a maternal granddaughter of author [[Penelope Delta]]). His brother, Alexander, is an architect. His paternal uncle, George Samaras, was a long-standing Member of Parliament for [[Messinia]] in the 1950s and 1960s.

Samaras grew up among the Athens well-connected families, playing tennis. At the age of 17, he won the Greek Teen Tennis Championship.<ref>{{cite news| title=Profile: Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras|author=Patrick Jackson|work=[[BBC News]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18410765|date=20 June 2012}}</ref> He attended school in the [[Athens College]] (founded by his maternal great-grandfather, Stefanos Delta and [[Emmanouil Benakis]], Delta's father-in-law) and graduated from [[Amherst College]] in 1974 with a degree in [[economics]], and then from [[Harvard University]] in 1976 with an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=1016|title=Greek Drama|date=1 December 2011|publisher=Harvard Business School|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref>

Samaras and former Prime Minister [[George Papandreou (junior)|George Papandreou]] were dormitory roommates during their student years at [[Amherst College]], but became bitter political rivals.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_columns_1_04/12/2009_113043|title=As good as it gets|date=4 December 2009|publisher=ekathimerini|access-date=8 December 2009}}</ref> He is married and has a daughter and a son.