Andreas Papandreou

Andreas Georgios Papandreou, Ανδρέας Γ. Παπανδρέου (15 February, 1919 - 23 June, 1996) was a Greek economist and politician. He served three times as Prime Minister of Greece (October 21, 1981 to July 2, 1989 and October 13, 1993 to January 22, 1996).

Early life and career

Papandreou was born in Chios, Greece, the son of the leading Greek Liberal politician George Papandreou. His mother, born Sofia Mineyko, was Polish. He attended the University of Athens from 1937, and from 1938 he was active in Trotskyist groups. The dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas was established in 1936, and in 1939 Papandreou 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.

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Chios - George Papandreou - Polish - University of Athens - 1937 - 1938 - Trotskyist - Ioannis Metaxas - 1936 - 1939

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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.

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1942 - Harvard University - 1947 - 1944 - United States - United States Navy - University of Minnesota - Northwestern University - University of California, Berkeley - University of Stockholm - York University - Toronto - Canada - 1951

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