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Born July 20, 1890 • Greece
Died April 1, 1947 (aged 56) • Athens • Greece
Title / Office king (1935-1947), Greece • king (1922-1924), Greece
Notable Family Members father Constantine I • brother Paul
Role In Greek Civil War

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Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras
prime minister of Greece
Herodotus, detail of a Roman herm probably copied from a Greek original of the first half of the 4th century bce; in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples.
Herodotus
Greek historian
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Isocrates
Greek orator and rhetorician
Venizélos
Eleuthérios Venizélos
prime minister of Greece
Pappus of Alexandria
Greek mathematician
Konstantinos Karamanlis
Greek statesman
Papandreou, George
George Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Samaras, Antonis
Antonis Samaras
prime minister of Greece
Papandreou, Andreas
Andreas Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Kapodístrias, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 19th century; in the Historical and Ethnological Museum of Greece, Athens
Ioánnis Antónios, Komis Kapodístrias
Greek statesman
Costas Simitis
prime minister of Greece
Kostas Karamanlis
Kostas Karamanlis
prime minister of Greece
Georgios Papandreou
prime minister of Greece
Papademos, Lucas
Lucas Papademos
prime minister of Greece
Mercouri, Melina
Melina Mercouri
Greek actress and politician
Theódoros Dhiliyiánnis
prime minister of Greece
Bergman, Ingrid; Paxinou, Katina; Cooper, Gary; For Whom the Bell Tolls
Katina Paxinou
Greek actress
Konstantinos Mitsotakis
prime minister of Greece
Aléxandros Mavrokordátos, painting by an unknown artist; in the Ethnological Museum, Athens.
Aléxandros Mavrokordátos
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