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Giorgos (or George) Andreas Papandreou ( Greek: Γιώργος Α. Παπανδρέου) (born 16 June 1952), is a Greek politician and was Foreign Minister of Greece from 1999 to 2004. The son and grandson of Greek prime ministers, Papandreou became the leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party in February 2004. On 7 March Papandreou led PASOK to defeat in the Greek national elections.
Papandreou was born in St Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, where his father, Andreas Papandreou, then held a university post. He was educated at schools in Toronto Canada, at Amherst CollegeAmherst College is an independent liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It is the third oldest college in Massachusetts. It has been coeducational since 1975. History Founded in 1821, Amherst was intended to be a successor to both Williams Colle in MassachusettsMassachusetts is a state of the United States of America, part of the New England region. postal abbreviation is MA and its traditional abbreviation is Mass . It is properly called the Commonwealth of Massachusetts although there is no legal distinction b, Stockholm UniversityStockholm University or Stockholms universitet is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1881 Sofia Kovalevskaya was appointed professor in mathematics, the first female professor at a European university. See also Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm S, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and finally at Harvard UniversityHarvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. It was founded on September 8, 1636 by a vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, making it the oldest post-secondary s. He has a Bachelor of ArtsA Bachelor of Arts B. or A. is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. Duration The BA generally lasts three years in the United Kingdom (except Scotland) and Australia or four years in North America, degree in SociologySociology is the study of social rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and institutions. A typical textbook definition of sociology calls it the study of the social lives of huma from Amhest College (USA, 1970Events January events January 1 Construction begins on Arcosanti, by Paolo Soleri, in Mayer, Arizona, located 65, miles north of Phoenix, Arizona. January 1 Unix epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. January 12 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war. January- 1975) and a Master's degree in Sociology (Sociology of Development) from the LSE ( United Kingdom, 1976- 1977). He was a researcher in immigration issues at Stockholm University ( Sweden) 1972- 1973). He was also a Fellow (CFIA) of the Foreign Relations Centre of the Harvard University in 1992- 1993). Apart from Greek and English he is also fluent in Swedish.
Papandreou's educational career reflected the movements of his father, who had been exiled from Greece for political reasons in 1939 and did not return until 1959. His grandfather, the elder George Papandreou, was twice Prime Minister of Greece. The younger George did not settle in Greece until after the restoration of Greek democracy in 1974. He then became active in his father's party, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). As the son of the party leader he had a rapid rise, joining the Central Committee of PASOK in 1984, but no-one disputed his genuine ability.