Constantine Mitsotakis

Constantine Mitsotakis
Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 11 April 1990 – 13 October 1993
President	Christos Sartzetakis Konstantinos Karamanlis
Preceded by	Xenophon Zolotas
Succeeded by	Andreas Papandreou
Minister of the Aegean
In office 8 August 1991 – 13 October 1993
Preceded by	George Misailidis
Succeeded by	Kostas Skandalidis
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 10 May 1980 – 21 October 1981
Preceded by	George Rallis
Succeeded by	Ioannis Charalambopoulos
In office 14 April 1992 – 7 August 1992
Preceded by	Antonis Samaras
Succeeded by	Michalis Papakonstantinou
Minister of Coordination
In office 17 September 1965 – 22 December 1966
Preceded by	Dimitrios Papaspirou
Succeeded by	Ioannis Paraskeuopoulos
In office 10 May 1978 – 10 May 1980
Preceded by	George Rallis
Succeeded by	Ioannis Boutos
Personal details
Born	(1918-10-18)18 October 1918 Chania, Crete, Greece
Died	29 May 2017(2017-05-29) (aged 98) Athens, Greece
Political party	Liberal (1946–1961) Center Union (1961–1974) Independent (1974–1977) New Liberal (1977–1978) New Democracy (1978–present)
Spouse(s)	Marika Mitsotakis (1953-2012)
Children	Kyriakos, Dora, Alexandra, Katerina
Alma mater	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lawyer

Constantine Mitsotakis or Konstantinos Mitsotakis (18 October 1918 – 29 May 2017) was a Greek politician. He is the former Prime Minister of Greece from 11 April 1990 through 13 October 1993.

He was born in Chania, Crete, to a political family: his father and grandfathers were members of parliament, and the great liberal leader Eleftherios Venizelos was his uncle. He graduated in law and economics from the University of Athens.

He was married to Marika Mitsotakis (née Giannoukou) from 1953 until her death on 6 May 2012.^[1][2] They had four children.^[2]

In January 2004 Mitsotakis announced that he would retire from Parliament at the 7 March election, 56 years after his first election.

Death

Mitsotakis died on 29 May 2017 in Athens, aged 98.^[3]

References

1. Papapostolou, Anastasios (2012-05-06). "Former First Lady of Greece Marika Mitsotakis Dies at 82". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
2. Papapostolou, Anastasios (2012-05-06). "Marika Mitsotakis, wife of former Greek PM, dies Dies at 82". Associated Press. Boston.com. Retrieved 2012-05-26.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis dies aged 98". 29 May 2017 – via www.reuters.com.

Other websites

• The Constantine K. Mitsotakis Foundation/Ίδρυμα Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης Archived 2013-09-27 at the Wayback Machine