George Papandreou

Georgios A. Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος Α. Παπανδρέου[1][2][3] born 16 June 1952) is a Greek politician. He became Prime Minister of Greece from October 2009. His term ended in November 2011.

George Papandreou Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου MP
Papandreou in 2011
President of Socialist International
In office 30 January 2006 – 25 November 2022
Preceded by	António Guterres
Succeeded by	Pedro Sánchez
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 6 October 2009 – 11 November 2011
President	Karolos Papoulias
Deputy	Theodoros Pangalos
Preceded by	Kostas Karamanlis
Succeeded by	Lucas Papademos
Leader of the Opposition
In office 10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009
Preceded by	Kostas Karamanlis
Succeeded by	Antonis Samaras
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 6 October 2009 – 7 September 2010
Preceded by	Dora Bakoyannis
Succeeded by	Dimitrios Droutsas
In office 18 February 1999 – 13 February 2004
Prime Minister	Kostas Simitis
Preceded by	Theodoros Pangalos
Succeeded by	Tassos Yiannitsis
Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs
In office 8 July 1994 – 25 September 1996
Prime Minister	Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by	Dimitrios Fatouros
Succeeded by	Gerasimos Arsenis
In office 22 June 1988 – 2 July 1989
Prime Minister	Andreas Papandreou
Preceded by	Apostolos Kaklamanis
Succeeded by	Vasileios Kontogiannopoulos
President of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement
In office 8 February 2004 – 18 March 2012
Preceded by	Costas Simitis
Succeeded by	Evangelos Venizelos
Member of Parliament for Achaea
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 May 2012
Personal details
Born	Georgios Andreas Papandreou Jr. (1952-06-16) 16 June 1952 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Panhellenic Socialist Movement
Spouse(s)	Ada Papapanou
Children	Andreas Margarita-Elena
Alma mater	Amherst College London School of Economics
Website	Official website

His father Andreas was Prime Minister in the 1980s and again in the middle 1990s. His grandfather Georgios was also Prime Minister of Greece in the middle 20th century.