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George Papandreou (in Greek Georgios Papandreou or Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου) (18 February 1888 - 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician. He was born at Kaldesi, in Achaea in southern Greece. As a young man, he became involved in politics as a supporter of the Liberal leader Eleftherios Venizelos, who made him Governor of Lesbos after the Balkan War of 1912. He married a Polish woman, Sofia Mineyko, and their son Andreas Papandreou was born at Chios in 1919. George Papandreou File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... This article is about the modern Greek district Achaea. ... Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Venizelos (Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος) (August 23, 1864 - March 18, 1936) was probably the most significant politician of modern Greece. ... Lesbos (Λέσβος) is a prefecture of Greece, part of the periphery North Aegean. ... The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912-1913 in the course of which the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria) first conquered Ottoman-held Macedonia and most of Thrace and then fell out over the division of the spoils, Bulgaria suffering defeat at the... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgios Papandreou, Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου (5 February 1919 - 23 June Greek economist and politician. ... Khios, or Chios as most Greek English speakers know the island, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

During the political crisis surrounding Greece's entry into World War I, Papandreou was one of Venizelos's closest supporters against the pro-German King Constantine I. When Venizelos was forced to flee Athens, Papandreou accompanied him to Crete, and then went to Lesbos, where he mobilised anti-monarchist supporters in the islands and rallied support for Venizelos's insurgent pro-British government in Thessaloniki. In 1921 he narrowly escaped assassination. Missing image Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Constantine I, King of the Hellenes (2 August 1868 - 11 January 1923), ruled Greece from 1913-1917 and from 1920-1922. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Crete, sometimes spelled Krete (Greek Κρήτη / Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Lesbos (Λέσβος) is a prefecture of Greece, part of the periphery North Aegean. ... Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Papandreou served as a Venizelist Member of Parliament, as Interior Minister in 1923, and in several other government posts during the Republic of 1924–1935. A lifelong opponent of the Greek monarchy, he was exiled in 1936 by the Greek royalist dictator Ioannis Metaxas. Following the German occupation of Greece in World War II, however, he decided that his duty was to rally to the royalist government-in-exile based in Egypt, and in 1944-45 he served as Prime Minister. During the later 1940s he saw the Greek Communist Party as the main threat to democracy and served in a number of cabinets between 1946 and 1952 while the Greek Civil War was raging. 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ioannis Metaxas Ioannis Metaxas (April 12, 1871 - January 29, 1941) was a Greek General and the Prime Minister of Greece from 1936 until his death. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... KKE sticker The Communist Party of Greece, better known by its acronym KKE (Greek: Κομμουνιστικό Κόμμα Ελλάδας, Kommunistiko Komma Elladas), is the major communist party in Greece. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1952 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... An ELAS resistance fighter The Greek Civil War was a war fought between 1942 and 1949 in Greece. ...

Papandreou spent the 1950s in opposition, while the conservatives were in the ascendant and the left was repressed by the royalist controlled armed forces. In 1961 Papandreou revived Greek liberalism by founding the Center Union party, a confederation of old liberal Venizelists and dissatisfied conservatives. Papandreou's party won the elections of November 1963. His progressive policies as premier aroused much opposition in conservative circles, as did the prominent role played by his son Andreas. George Papandreou as a young man (seated left), and his wife, Sofia Mineyko (seated right), with other members of the Mineyko family, about 1918 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... George Papandreou as a young man (seated left), and his wife, Sofia Mineyko (seated right), with other members of the Mineyko family, about 1918 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year—i. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He was against the Zurich agreement which led to the foundation of the republic of Cyprus. Following clashes between the two communities in Cyprus his government sent a greek army division to Cyprus.

King Constantine II openly opposed Papandreou's government and there were frequent ultra-rightist plots in the Army which destabilised the government. Finally the King engineered a split in the Centre Union and in July 1965 he dismissed the government following a dispute over control of the Ministry of Defence. After the April 1967 military coup by the Colonels' junta led by George Papadopoulos, Papandreou was arrested. He died under house arrest in November 1968. His funeral became the occasion for a large anti-government demonstration. Constantine II (born June 2, 1940), was the last King of Greece from March 6, 1964 to December 8, 1974. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... George Papadopoulos (Greek: Georgios Papadopoulos, written Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος, May 5, 1919 - June 27, 1999), was the head of the military coup détat that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967 and leader of the military regime that ruled the country during the period 1967 - 1974. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

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