Constantine Karamanlis

Constantine (Konstantinos) Karamanlis (Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής) (March 8, 1907 - April 23, 1998) was a Greek politician.

Exile

In July 1963, he resigned the premiership after a disagreement with King Paul of Greece, probably fuelled by the intense antipathy Queen Frederika felt for him, and spent four months abroad. In the meantime the country was in turmoil following the assassination of Dr. Gregoris Lambrakis, a leftist member of Parliament, by right-wing extremists during a pro-peace demonstration in Thessaloniki. In November the National Radical Union (ERE), under his leadership, was defeated by Georgios Papandreou's Center Union party in the general election. Deeply disappointed, Karamanlis left Greece. He was succeeded by Panagiotis Kanellopoulos as the ERE leader. He spent the next 11 years in self-imposed exile in Paris, France.

Related Topics:
1963 - Paul of Greece - Frederika - Gregoris Lambrakis - Thessaloniki - Georgios Papandreou - Paris - France

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