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Papandreou was born in Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek Liberal politician George PapandreouFor his grandson, also called George Papandreou see George Papandreou. George Papandreou (in Greek Georgios Papandreou or ) ( 18 February 1888 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician. He was born at Kaldesi, in Achaea in southern Greece. As a young man, h. His mother, born Sofia Mineyko, was PolishThe Republic of Poland a country in Central Europe, lies between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and Russia (in the form of the Kaliningrad Oblast exclave) t. He attended the University of AthensThe National and Capodistrian University of Athens ( Greek: Εθνικν και Καποδιστριακν Πανεπιστμ&iot from 1937Events January January 1 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours,, and from 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai he was active in TrotskyistTrotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. The term is sometimes used more loosely to denote various political currents claiming a tradition of Marxist opposition to both Stalinism and capitalism. An adherent of Trotskyism is called groups. When the dictatorship of Ioannis MetaxasIoannis Metaxas ( April 12, 1871 January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death. Born in Ithaca, Metaxas was a career soldier, first seeing action in 1897 fighting the Turks in the Thessalian campaign. was established in 1939Events January-June January 2 End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 Earthquake kills 30. 000 in Chile about 50. 000 sq mi razed January 26 Falangists take Barcelona January 26, he was arrested, imprisoned, and tortured. It is, however, alleged in subsequent Trotskyist accounts that he and some other arrested students gained release by collaborating with the police. He was then able to use his family connections to leave the country.
In 1942 Papandreou enrolled at Harvard University, where he completed a doctorate in economics. He remained at Harvard as a lecturer and associate professor until 1947. In 1944 he became a United States citizen and served in the United States Navy. He then held professorships at the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University, the University of California, Berkeley (where he was chair of the Department of Economics), the University of Stockholm and York University in Toronto, Canada. In 1951 he married an American, Margaret Chant, with whom he had three sons and a daughter.