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unusual facts about Panhellenic Socialist Movement


Panhellenic Socialist Movement

However PASOK decided to help the formation of a government by joining with New Democracy as well as the Democratic Left of Fotis Kouvelis in a coalition under Prime Minister Samaras.


Ecumenical Cabinet of Xenophon Zolotas

After an agreement between the three biggest parties, New Democracy, Panhellenic Socialist Movement and Coalition of the Left and Progress, it was formed an ecumenical government under Xenophon Zolotas, an eminent economist, which replaced the previous caretaker government of Ioannis Grivas.

Elections in Greece

Presently, there are six Greek parties represented in the European Parliament: New Democracy, PASOK, Communist Party of Greece (KKE), Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza), Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) and Ecologist Greens.

First Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis

The first Karamanlis Cabinet succeeded the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) cabinet of Costas Simitis after the 2004 elections, and was followed by Karamanlis' Second Cabinet after the 2007 elections.

Greek legislative election, 2004

George Papandreou is the son of Andreas Papandreou, three times (1981, 1985, 1993) Prime Minister and the founder of PASOK, and the grandson of Georgios Papandreou, a liberal centrist who entered national politics in the 1920s and was twice Prime Minister (1944, 1963).

Konstantinos Mitsotakis

The ND (New Democracy) government was defeated by Andreas Papandreou's PASOK in 1981, and in 1984 Mitsotakis succeeded Evangelos Averoff as ND leader.

Panagiotis Beglitis

Panagiotis Beglitis (Greek: Παναγιώτης Μπεγλίτης) (b. 25 February 1958, Velo) is a Greek politician, who from 2004-07 was a Member of the European Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Thanos Mikroutsikos

After the elections of October 1993 he was appointed by the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) which formed the new government, as Alternate-Minister of Culture with late Melina Mercouri as minister.


see also

Elpida

Elpida Tsouri (born 1961), a Member of Parliament in Greece for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)