
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
Part ofGreece776 BCE – today
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
Showing 103 years
- 15 Aug 1926BornBorn in Patras
- 1974RoleUndersecretary to a ministry of the Greek government
- 1974 – 1976RoleGreek Minister of the Interior
- 1974 – 1989RoleMember of the Hellenic Parliament
- 1976 – 1977RoleMinister of Social Services of Greece
- 1977 – 1981RoleMinister at the Presidency of the Government of Greece
- 1995 – 2005RolePresident of Greece
- 1996AwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 1996AwardGold Olympic Order
- 1996AwardOrder of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)
- 1998AwardCollar of the Order of Charles III
- 2000AwardGrand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross
- 2004AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav
- 20 Nov 2016DiedDied in Athens
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2016).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 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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