Konstantinos Mitsotakis

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Konstantinos Mitsotakis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Μητσοτάκης, romanized: Konstantínos Mitsotákis, IPA: [konsta(n)ˈdinos mit͡soˈtacis]; 18 October 1918 – 29 May 2017) was a Greek liberal politician and statesman. He served as prime minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993. Born in Halepa, Chania, Crete, the largest Greek island, he came from a politically prominent family related to Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos (1910–20; 1928–33). Mitsotakis graduated in law and economics from the University of Athens. An alleged Nazi collaborator during the Axis occupation, he joined politics in 1946 as a member of the Liberal Party. During the 1950s and 1960s, he held several ministerial posts. He joined Center Union party in 1961 and he was regarded as a potential candidate for the party's leadership by 1965. However, he crossed party lines against Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou and his son Andreas Papandreou in the Iouliana of 1965, which made him a controversial figure for decades. After the fall...

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