1. Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005.
16 Facts About Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos practiced law from 1954 until 1974 as a member of the Patras Bar Association.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos first stood for election in 1958, with the National Radical Union and was elected for the first time as MP for Achaea Prefecture in 1964.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was re-elected for the same constituency for New Democracy in 1974,1977,1981 and 1985.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos served as ND parliamentary secretary and parliamentary spokesman from 1981 to 1985.
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In 1974, Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was appointed Deputy Minister of Commerce in the National Unity government of Constantine Karamanlis.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was elected Member of Parliament for Athens in the 1989 elections while continuing as the leader of DIANA, until it disbanded in June 1994.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was the fifth person to hold the post since the restoration of democratic rule in 1974.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was re-elected on 8 February 2000 on the first ballot, after receiving the support of 269 of the 298 MPs present.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos remained in office until 2 March 2005, when he was succeeded by Karolos Papoulias.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was accompanied by Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos died in Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, on 20 November 2016 at the age of 90.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos had been hospitalised three days earlier, suffering from fever and severe respiratory difficulty, which later emerged as pneumonia.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was married for 29 years to Tzeni Stounopoulou, who died in 1988.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos received many honorary awards and the highest decorations of foreign countries.
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Konstantinos Stephanopoulos was an honorary citizen of many Greek towns.