2004. The leadership transition from Papandreou to Simitis was neither orderly nor 'friendly.' Simitis faced loyalists of the former Prime Minister who...

Simitis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Costas Simitis (born 1936), Greek politician Ilse Grubrich-Simitis (1936–2024), German...

Aided by the unpopularity of the incumbent PASOK government led by Costas Simitis (a party that had been in power between 1981 and 1989 and from 1993...

ruling PASOK of Prime Minister Costas Simitis was narrowly re-elected, defeating the conservative New Democracy party. Simitis formed his third cabinet. This...

role of Prime Minister; he died six months later. He was succeeded by Costas Simitis, the candidate of the modernising, pro-European wing of PASOK (the so-called...

elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996. The ruling PASOK of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party...

Kostas or Costas (Greek: Κώστας) is a Greek given name and surname. As a given name it is the hypocorism for Konstantinos (Constantine). Costas Andreou...

1994–1996). He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Costas Simitis from 1999 to 2004. Papandreou was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist...

of national memory was reclaimed. Papandreou's successor in office, Costas Simitis, broke with a number of Papandreou's approaches. Papandreou's son, George...

elections by George Papandreou, who succeeded retiring Prime Minister Costas Simitis as party leader in February. Greek politics is strongly dynastic. Kostas...