Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos · V.Kassianides, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Konstantinos Stephanopoulos

1926 – 2016 · aged 90

Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic

Born
15 Aug 1926 · Patras
Died
20 Nov 2016 · Athens

Life timeline

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

Showing 103 years
  1. 15 Aug 1926BornBorn in Patras
  2. 1974RoleUndersecretary to a ministry of the Greek government
  3. 1974 – 1976RoleGreek Minister of the Interior
  4. 1974 – 1989RoleMember of the Hellenic Parliament
  5. 1976 – 1977RoleMinister of Social Services of Greece
  6. 1977 – 1981RoleMinister at the Presidency of the Government of Greece
  7. 1995 – 2005RolePresident of Greece
  8. 1996AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
  9. 1996AwardGold Olympic Order
  10. 1996AwardOrder of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)
  11. 1998AwardCollar of the Order of Charles III
  12. 2000AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross‎
  13. 2004AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav‎
  14. 20 Nov 2016DiedDied in Athens

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2016).

  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

Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος (Κωστής) Στεφανόπουλος, 15 August 1926 – 20 November 2016) was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005.

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