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Karolos Papoulias
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Karolos Papoulias

1929 – 2021 · aged 92

6th President of Greece (1929–2021)

Born
4 Jun 1929 · Ioannina
Died
26 Dec 2021 · Athens
Part ofGreece776 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 106 years
  1. 4 Jun 1929BornBorn in Ioannina
  2. 1977 – 2004RoleMember of the Hellenic Parliament
  3. 1981 – 1984RoleDeputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
  4. 1984 – 1985RoleGreek deputy Minister of International Economic Relations
  5. 1985 – 1989RoleMinister for Foreign Affairs of Greece
  6. 1989 – 1990RoleRepresentative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
  7. 1993 – 1996RoleMinister for Foreign Affairs of Greece
  8. 2005 – 2015RolePresident of Greece
  9. 2006AwardOrder of the Elephant
  10. 2007AwardGrand Order of King Tomislav
  11. 2008AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
  12. 2009AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  13. 26 Dec 2021DiedDied in Athens

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1929 – 2021).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Karolos Papoulias (Greek: Κάρολος Παπούλιας [ˈkarolos paˈpuʎas]; 4 June 1929 – 26 December 2021) was a Greek politician who served as the president of Greece from 2005 to 2015.

A member of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), he previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1993 until 1996.

Text from the Wikipedia article Karolos Papoulias, CC BY-SA 4.0

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