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Kostas Karamanlis

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Konstantinos A. Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Αλεξάνδρου Καραμανλής; born 14 September 1956), commonly known as Kostas Karamanlis (Greek: Κώστας Καραμανλής, pronounced [ˈkostas karamanˈlis]), is a Greek retired politician who served as 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 a 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kostas Karamanlis is the 9,066th most popular politician (up from 10,024th in 2019), the 463rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 506th in 2019) and the 201st most popular Greek Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kostas Karamanlis ranks 9,066 out of 19,576Before him are Jovan Divjak, Heinrich Kiepert, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Paul Giesler, Aben Humeya, and Catalina de Erauso. After him are Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Eliza Lynch, Octavian Goga, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Dirk VII, Count of Holland, and Juansher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Kostas Karamanlis ranks 126Before him are Bo Derek, Mari Boine, Larry Hogan, Abdalla Hamdok, Vijay Rupani, and Baruch Goldstein. After him are Bob Saget, Kazumi Tsubota, Nobuko Kondo, Dana Delany, Stefan Johansson, and Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Kostas Karamanlis ranks 463 out of 1,024Before him are Hermarchus (-325), Archelaus of Sparta (-790), Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967), Demophon of Eleusis (null), Posidippus (-310), and Georgios Karaiskakis (1780). After him are Victorinus of Pettau (250), Haris Alexiou (1950), Eupolis (-446), Miltiades the Elder (-600), Meleager (-320), and Dimitar Blagoev (1856).

Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Kostas Karamanlis ranks 201Before him are Glaucias of Taulantii (-335), Damaskinos of Athens (1891), Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855), Turhan Pasha Përmeti (1846), Archelaus of Sparta (-790), and Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece (1967). After him are Miltiades the Elder (-600), Meleager (-320), Dimitar Blagoev (1856), Manuel Kantakouzenos (1326), Koçi Xoxe (1911), and Battus I of Cyrene (-580).