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Costas Simitis
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Greek jurist, economist, academic and politician (1936–2025)
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Costas Simitis (1936–2025) was a Greek politician, economist, university teacher, and lawyer. Born in Piraeus, he served as Prime Minister of Greece and held the position of president. A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, he was educated at the University of Marburg and the London School of Economics and Political Science. His academic career included employment at the University of Giessen, the University of Marburg, and Panteion University.
Simitis spoke Greek, English, French, and German. He was a practicing Eastern Orthodox Christian and had two children. His written works include *European Debt Crisis*. He died in Corinth on January 5, 2025, and was buried in the First Cemetery of Athens on January 9, 2025.
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Key facts
- President
- Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
- Preceded by
- Andreas Papandreou
- Succeeded by
- Kostas Karamanlis
- Prime minister
- Andreas Papandreou
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Greece
- Place of birth
- Piraeus
- Place of death
- Corinth
- Occupation
- jurist
- Employer
- Panteion University
- Political party
- Panhellenic Socialist Movement
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- Greek
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Official website
- www.costas-simitis.gr
- Image
- Visit of Constantin Simitis, Greek Prime Minister, to the EC (P-009889 00-1).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Work location
- Marburg
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- Commons category
- Konstantinos Simitis
- date of birth
- 1936-06-23
- name in native language
- Κωνσταντίνος Σημίτης
- P10632
- Costas Simitis
- date of death
- 2025-01-05
- date of burial or cremation
- 2025-01-09
- place of burial
- First Cemetery of Athens
- ethnic group
- Greeks
- web feed URL
- www.simitis.gr/feed
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Encyclopedic overview
Member of the Hellenic Parliament In office 2 June 1985 – 7 September 2009 ConstituencyPiraeus A
Personal details Born(1936-06-23)23 June 1936 Piraeus, Greece
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