Kostas Karamanlis

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kostas Karamanlis
Occupation	World Leader
Date Of Birth	Sep 14, 1956(1956-09-14)
Age	68
Birthplace	Greece
Country	Greece
Horoscope	Virgo

Kostas Karamanlis Biography

Kostas Karamanlis is one of the most popular and richest World Leader who was born on September 14, 1956 in Greece, Greece. This member of the New Democracy Party served two terms as Prime Minister of Greece during the middle of the first decade of the 21st Century. From 2004 until 2006, he also served as Greek Minister of Culture.

He and fellow New Democracy Party politician Antonis Samaras both held office as Prime Minister of Greece (Samaras was elected in 2012).

Karamanlis served in New Democracy’s organisational and ideological sectors from 1974 to 1979 and from 1984 to 1989. He is the author of a book, Eleftherios Venizelos and Foreign Relations of Greece, 1928–32, on the Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos. He has also edited and prefaced various historical publications.

Aided by the unpopularity of the incumbent PASOK government led by Costas Simitis (a party that had been in power between 1981–1989 and from 1993–2004) ND defeated the Socialists’ George Andreas Papandreou in 2004. Karamanlis stated that the priorities of his government were education, economic policy, agricultural policy, lowering the high level of unemployment (standing at 11.2%) and a more transparent and effective state administration. Economic policy centered on tax cuts, investment incentives and market deregulation. While early problems included a large public debt (about 112% of GDP) and a budget deficit (5.3% of the GDP) in excess of Eurozone stability rules, Karamanlis’s government halved the budget deficit to 2.6% by 2006.

His marriage to surgeon Natasa Pazaiti resulted in two children: Aliki and Alexandros. His uncle Konstantinos Karamanlis, the founder of the New Democracy Party, also served as Prime Minister of Greece.

Kostas Karamanlis Net Worth

Kostas Karamanlis is one of the richest World Leader from Greece. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kostas Karamanlis 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After taking classes at Deree College and at the University of Athens Law School, he earned an advanced degree in political science from Tufts University in Massachusetts, U.S.A.

He was criticized for his government’s slow response to the widespread Greek forest fires of 2007.

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 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 he is currently a member of the Hellenic Parliament.

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Who is Kostas Karamanlis Dating?

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The wiretapping case is a major corruption issue concerning the Karamanlis’ years in office as Prime Minister of Greece, during and after the 2004 Summer Olympics, and was revealed in 2005. According to the investigation carried out by the anti-corruption magistrate, the wiretapping system was set up by an American secret agent to eavesdrop on top Greek government officials, and the existence of an assassination plot against Karamanlis because of his attempts to pursue closer relations with Russia, which caused the United States displeasure, is confirmed.

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Kostas Ranked on the list of most popular World Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Greece. Kostas Karamanlis celebrates birthday on September 14 of every year.

A worse blow came in May 2004, when the European Commission harshly accused Greece of “imprudent” and “sloppy” fiscal policies, pointing out that since Greek economic growth had been an annual 4% in 2000–2003, a declining fiscal position could only be the result of government mismanagement, including concerns by the EU regarding the 103% public debt to GDP ratio which Karamanlis inherited from the previous PASOK regime. With this report, the Commission effectively called into question the quality of Greek economic data, as the Eurostat had done in March.

Is Karamanlis Turkish?

The Karamanlides (Greek: Καραμανλήδες; Turkish: Karamanlılar), or simply Karamanlis, are Turkish-speaking Greek Orthodox people native to the Karaman and Cappadocia regions of Anatolia. Today, a majority of the population live in Greece, though there is a sizeable diaspora in Western Europe and North America.

When did Karamanlis become prime minister?

Influenced by Gaullist principles, Karamanlis founded the conservative party of New Democracy and in 1974 elections achieved a record 54.37% victory (the greatest electoral victory in modern Greek history), obtained a massive parliamentary majority and he was elected Prime Minister.

Who is Greek Prime Minister?

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

How many dialects are there in Turkey?

Turkish is the mother tongue of 90 percent of the population of the country. Some 70 other languages and dialects are also spoken, including various dialects of Caucasian and Kurdish as well as Arabic, Greek, Ladino and Armenian.

How old is Greece?

People have been living in Greece for over 40,000 years. The earliest settlers mostly lived a simple hunter-gatherer or farming lifestyle. The Minoans were the first great Greek civilisation.