This article is about the Prime Minister of Greece between 2004 and 2009. For his uncle, a former Prime Minister and President of Greece, see Konstantinos Karamanlis.
Not to be confused with Kostas Karamanlis (politician, born 1974).
Kostas Karamanlis
Κώστας Καραμανλής
Karamanlis in 2009
Prime Minister of Greece
In office 10 March 2004 – 6 October 2009
President
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos Karolos Papoulias
Preceded by
Costas Simitis
Succeeded by
George Papandreou
Minister for Culture
In office 10 March 2004 – 15 February 2006
Prime Minister
Himself
Preceded by
Evangelos Venizelos
Succeeded by
Georgios Voulgarakis
President of New Democracy
In office 21 March 1997 – 30 November 2009
Preceded by
Miltiadis Evert
Succeeded by
Antonis Samaras
Leader of the Opposition
In office 6 October 2009 – 30 November 2009
President
Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister
George Papandreou
Preceded by
George Papandreou
Succeeded by
Antonis Samaras
In office 21 March 1997 – 10 March 2004
President
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos
Prime Minister
Costas Simitis
Preceded by
Miltiadis Evert
Succeeded by
George Papandreou
Member of the Hellenic Parliament
In office 18 June 1989 – 22 April 2023
Constituency
Thessaloniki A
Personal details
Born
Konstantinos Karamanlis
(1956-09-14) 14 September 1956 (age 67) Athens, Greece
Konstantinos A. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής, pronounced[ˈkostaskaramanˈlis]), is a Greek retired politician who served as the 10th Prime Minister of Greece from 2004 to 2009. He was also president of the centre-right New Democracy party, founded by his uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, from 1997 to 2009, and as member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1989 to 2023.
Karamanlis was first elected as a member of the Hellenic Parliament for New Democracy in 1989 and became president of the party in 1997. After leading the opposition in the Hellenic Parliament for seven years and his narrow defeat in the 2000 parliamentary election, he served as the 181st Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms, winning the 2004 election, with an all-time record number of votes, and again in 2007. However, he asked for mid-term general elections in 2009, as his party enjoyed a narrow parliamentary majority that could not guarantee a stable government needed to handle the Greek financial crisis. Eventually, Karamanlis was defeated and resigned as president of New Democracy after twelve years as the party's leader, being active in politics though as a member of the parliament. On 21 February 2023, it was announced that he would not be a parliamentary candidate and that he would retire from politics after the 2023 election.
Konstantinos A. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as KostasKaramanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής...
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required until September 2011, but on 2 September 2009 Prime Minister KostasKaramanlis of New Democracy announced that he would request President Karolos...
February. Greek politics is strongly dynastic. KostasKaramanlis is the nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis, who was six times (1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1974...
later. In September 1997 she was appointed by New Democracy leader KostasKaramanlis in the party's Department for Development and as Shadow Minister of...
March elections to the conservative New Democracy party, whose leader KostasKaramanlis succeeded Simitis in the office of Prime Minister. After the 2004...
KostasKaramanlis served as a Prime Minister of Greece for two consecutive terms. During his incumbency, the period 2004-2009, he formed two cabinets...
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November 2009, following the official announcement of the resignation of KostasKaramanlis, after more than 12 years (since 21 March 1997) as leader of New Democracy...
operate anywhere in the Union. At the outset of 2006, prime minister KostasKaramanlis announced the initiative of his government for a new amendment of...
party for a second term was New Democracy under the leadership of KostasKaramanlis with 42%, followed by George Papandreou and PASOK with 38%. New Democracy...
name issue is not resolved beforehand." The Greek Prime Minister KostasKaramanlis had initially denied ever committing himself unequivocally to exercising...
incumbent New Democracy party of KostasKaramanlis and Papandreou's leadership was challenged by Evangelos Venizelos and Kostas Skandalidis. Papandreou, however...
phase during the previous years. On 12 December 2004, Prime Minister KostasKaramanlis, leader of the governing New Democracy party, and George Papandreou...
After New Democracy resoundingly lost the 2009 legislative election, KostasKaramanlis resigned as head of the party, prompting a leadership race, and Samaras...
Minister of State and Government Spokesman by incoming Prime Minister KostasKaramanlis. As Minister of State, Roussopoulos was responsible for the Secretariat...
Karamanlis family. Konstantinos Karamanlis was Greece's longest serving prime minister and helped the country enter the EU in 1981. His nephew Kostas...
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