Costas Simitis

Kostas Simitis
Kostas Simitis
Κωνσταντίνος Σημίτης
	Simitis in 2003
Prime Minister of Greece
	In office; 22 January 1996 – 10 March 2004
President	Kostis Stephanopoulos
Preceded by	Andreas Papandreou
Succeeded by	Kostas Karamanlis
President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
	In office; 30 June 1996 – 8 February 2004
Preceded by	Andreas Papandreou
Succeeded by	George Papandreou
Minister of Industry, Energy, Research and Technology
	In office; 13 October 1993 – 15 September 1995
Prime Minister	Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by	Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos
Succeeded by	Anastasios Peponis
Minister of Trade
	In office; 13 October 1993 – 15 September 1995
Prime Minister	Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by	Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos
Succeeded by	Nikolaos Akritidis
Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs
	In office; 23 November 1989 – 13 February 1990
Prime Minister	Xenophon Zolotas
Preceded by	Konstantinos Despotopoulos
Succeeded by	Konstantinos Despotopoulos
Minister of National Economy
	In office; 26 July 1985 – 27 November 1987
Prime Minister	Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by	Gerasimos Arsenis
Succeeded by	Panagiotis Roumeliotis
Minister of Agriculture
	In office; 21 October 1981 – 26 July 1985
Prime Minister	Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by	Athanasios Kanellopoulos
Succeeded by	Ioannis Pottakis
Personal details
Born	23 June 1936; Piraeus, Greece
Died	5 January 2025 (aged 88); Corinth, Greece
Political party	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spouse(s)	Daphni Arkadiou
Children	Fiona; Marilena
Alma mater	University of Marburg; London School of Economics
Website	Official website

Konstantinos G. "Costas" Simitis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Σημίτης; 23 June 1936 – 5 January 2025), sometimes called Costas Simitis or Kostas Simitis (Κώστας Σημίτης), was a Greek politician. He served as Prime Minister of Greece and was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) from 1996 to 2004.^[1]

Simitis died on 5 January 2025 at a hospital in Corinth, Greece at the age of 88.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Eleftherotypia, Psycho, To tris examartein Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, 19/11/1996
↑ "Costas Simitis, 2-Time Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 88". The New York Times. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
↑ "Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88". Associated Press. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

Other websites

His profile in Who is Who at Nato
Simitis' article on Greece's deficit revision in 2004 by the new government as posted in Financial Times
(in Greek) Website of Costas Simitis

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[1] Eleftherotypia, Psycho, To tris examartein Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine, 19/11/1996

[2] "Costas Simitis, 2-Time Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 88". The New York Times. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[3] "Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88". Associated Press. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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