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Political offices
President of Political Spring (1993–2004) President of New Democracy (2009–15) Leader of the Opposition (2009–12; 2015) Prime Minister of Greece (2012–15)
Leader of the Opposition
First term
2009 New Democracy leadership election
First Shadow Cabinet of Antonis Samaras
Cabinet of Lucas Papademos
Second Memorandum
First term
2015 Greek bailout referendum
Prime Minister of Greece
Samaras cabinet
Seventh austerity package
Eighth austerity package
Ninth austerity package
Closure of ERT
2014 EU Presidency
2014–15 presidential election
Elections
1993
1996
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Antonis Samaras (Greek: Αντώνης Σαμαράς, pronounced[anˈdonissamaˈɾas]; born 23 May 1951) is a Greek politician who served as 14th Prime Minister of Greece from 2012 to 2015. A member of the New Democracy party, he was its president from 2009 until 2015. Samaras started his national political career as Minister of Finance in 1989; he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1989 to 1992 (with a brief interruption in 1990) and Minister of Culture in 2009.
Samaras was previously best known for a 1993 controversy in which he effectively caused the New Democracy government, of which he was a member, to fall from power. In spite of this, he rejoined the party in 2004 and was elected to its leadership in a closely fought intra-party election in late 2009.[1] He was the seventh party leader since it was founded in 1974.
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AntonisSamaras (Greek: Αντώνης Σαμαράς, pronounced [anˈdonis samaˈɾas]; born 23 May 1951) is a Greek politician who served as 14th Prime Minister of Greece...
The Cabinet of AntonisSamaras succeeded the Caretaker Cabinet of Panagiotis Pikrammenos after the repeated legislative elections in May and June 2012...
elections of 2000, but AntonisSamaras publicly supported the New Democracy party. Before the next general elections in April 2004, Samaras rejoined New Democracy...
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victory of ND leader AntonisSamaras in the elections, Papoulias tasked him to form a government. On 20 June he invested Samaras as the new Prime Minister...
AntonisSamaras was formed in 2009. A reshuffle was made in 2011. Following the June 2012 Greek legislative election, the Cabinet of AntonisSamaras was...
name, while in the 1990s he supported the Political Spring party and AntonisSamaras. Theotokas, Ioannis; Harlaftis, Gelina (2009). Leadership in world...
writer AntonisSamaras (born 1951), Greek politician. former Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Siatounis (born 2002), Greek footballer Antonis Tritsis...
anti-bailout parties were deeply divided between left and right. ND leader AntonisSamaras, Syriza's Alexis Tsipras, and PASOK's Evangelos Venizelos all tried...
the first negotiations to try and form a new government. ND leader AntonisSamaras invited all elected parties to participate in a unity government which...
defeat in the elections of 4 October. In the coalition cabinet of AntonisSamaras, formed after the June 2012 elections, he has first held the post of...
Democratic Left (DIMAR). AntonisSamaras of New Democracy was Prime Minister. PASOK and DIMAR declined to participate in Samaras' cabinet, which was thus...
Macedonia naming issue caused several ND parliament members, led by AntonisSamaras, to withdraw their support from Mitsotakis's government and form a...
Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance in AntonisSamaras' cabinet, succeeding Antonis Manitakis. He was in this position until January 2015...
Parliament representing the constituency of Athens A. After the election of AntonisSamaras to the “New Democracy” Party Presidency he was appointed President...
roommate of future political rival and prime minister of Greece himself, AntonisSamaras), Stockholm University, the London School of Economics and Harvard...
Minister of Shipping and the Aegean (2013–2015) in the Cabinet of AntonisSamaras, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2009) in the Cabinet of Kostas...
2015, AntonisSamaras resigned as leader of New Democracy following the 'No' vote in the bailout referendum. Meimarakis took over from Samaras as an interim...
only 8. After the elections of 2009 the new leader of Nea Demokratia AntonisSamaras re-appointed him as International Secretary, a position he held until...
managed to amplify their support. Future Prime Minister of Greece, AntonisSamaras first won a seat in parliament at this election. In 1979 Greece became...
Kyriakos Mitsotakis (2019–2023), Minister for Health in the Cabinet of AntonisSamaras (2013–2014) and Deputy Minister for Development, Competitiveness and...
the 2009 Greek legislative election, which was held on the same day. AntonisSamaras succeeded Karamanlis as the party's leader having won 50.06 percent...
Minister of Finance from October 2005 to October 2009. In the cabinet of AntonisSamaras he acted as Deputy Minister of Health from 24 June 2013 to 9 June 2014...
duties. The Metropolitan of Piraeus Seraphim accused the Greek PM, AntonisSamaras, of "selling his soul for a few extra months in office", criticized...
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