George Papandreou, flouting Greek tradition.(Greece foreign minister)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: May 1, 1999 | Copyright information

A NICE guy. A bit ineffectual. Soft-edged. Such were the labels that diplomats in Athens were putting on George Papandreou before he became Greece's foreign minister two months ago. Members of the ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement, better known as Pasok, often call him "Georgaki", a rather patronising diminutive. The eldest son of the late Andreas Papandreou, the populist firebrand who was prime minister of Greece for most of the period between 1981 and 1996, he has long ha...

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