From the Sofia News Agency
Greek Parliament has elected Karolos Papoulias President of Greece with 279 lawmakers voting in support of his candidature. Papulias, 76, will replace Konstantinos Stefanopoulos as head of state, Greek media informed. Papulias has had close relations with PASOK's founder Andreas Papandreou. His active political career dates after his return from Germany in 1974, when the colonels' dictatorial regime was ended. In 1981 he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in PASOK's government and stayed there until 1989. When his party returns to power in 1993, Karolos Papoulias takes on again the country's top diplomatic job until 1996. Papoulias is lawyer by profession and speaks also German, Italian and French. |