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Kostas Karamanlis

Alumnus F82, F84, H05

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Prime Minister of Greece
At 48, the youngest elected prime minister in modern Greek history
Five months after taking office, he presided over the 2004 Summer Olympics—the first held in Greece in more than a century

As one of Europe's most dynamic leaders and a rising star on the global political stage, Prime Minister Karamanlis has initiated broad education and health reforms and is intently focused on establishing Greece as the Mediterranean's primary economic hub.

Tufts People

“As Greeks, we must use our unique position as Southeastern European members of both NATO and the European Union to help turn the whole region into an area of stability, cooperation, prosperity and peace. With support from the European Union and the United States, we can help bring peace to an area long known as history's cauldron, a maelstrom of ethnic and religious strife for over a century.”