A Short Political History Of Modern Greece

Greek Governments Since 1963

63-65 George Papandreou

65-67 Chaos

67-74 Military Dictatorship

74-80 Konstantinos Karamanlis

80-81 George Rallis

81-89 Andreas Papandreou (son)

89-90 Chaos, 3 failed elections

90-93 Konstantinos Mitsotakis

93-96 Andreas Papandreou (son)…died

96-04 Konstantinos Simitis

04-09 Konstantinos Karamanlis (nephew)

From Oct 09 George Papandreou (grandson)

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1. Obiteljska stvar « Draxblog VI Says:
   December 14th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   [...] Grčka, a o čemu zorno svjedoči ovaj post Kratka politička povijest suvremene Grčke, odnosno popis premijera koji su se izmjenjivali na njenom čelu od 1963. godine. Čak i oni koji ne znaju engleski ili im [...]

2. Kosta Says:
   December 15th, 2009 at 12:08 am

   Hi,

   You’re missing Mitsotakis’s first name, which is unfortunaote given your byline of “what’s it all about, Costas?” Mitsotakis’s first name is Konstantinos http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantinos_Mitsotakis

3. Blank Xavier Says:
   December 15th, 2009 at 11:54 am

   The extent to which a dynasty exists is the extent to which access to political power is restricted.

4. Edward Hugh Says:
   December 15th, 2009 at 12:36 pm

   Hi Kosta,

   Corrected. Thanks for pointing this out. You’re absolutely right

5. Kosta Says:
   December 15th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

   Apparently there are three routes to the highest office in Greece: you can be a Papandreou, you can be a Karamanlis, or you can be named Konstantinos

   I don’t know how George Rallis made it to the top (actually, he’s part of an older political dynasty in Greece http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rallis)

6. IM Says:
   December 15th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

   So there are some similarities between the US and Greece.

7. Tomboktu Says:
   December 16th, 2009 at 9:55 pm

   Or Ireland. The current Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Deputy Prime Minister (Tánaiste) and Minister for Finance are all children of former members of the Dáil. Furthermore, the Minister for Finance is the son of a former Táiniste, the nephew of a current deputy and former cabinet minister, the grandson of a former deputy, and the brother of a current junior minister.

8. talos Says:
   December 19th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

   You should add 1955-1963 (with a few short breaks) : Konstantinos Karamanlis as well…