Stavros Kostopoulos (, 14 September 1900 – 23 June 1968)Profile of Stavros Kostopoulos
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Biography

He was born in

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and he was the son of the banker Ioannis Kostopoulos. He attended the 1st Gymnasium in Kalamata. He studied law at the

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and Political Sciences at the

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, where he received his doctorate degree. He dealt with the banking industry, in which the family already had developed significant activity. He was a member (1937-1951) and President (1951-1953) of the board of the Commercial Credit Bank. In 1951, he took over the direction of the

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, a position he held until 1953, when he was replaced by Kostis Iliaskos because of his disagreement on the merger of the

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with the National Bank.

Political career

In 1928, he was elected for the first time a member of the parliament (MP) representing

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and was reelected in several elections until 1936. In the elections of 1946, he was reelected for the

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, gathering 2.491 votes. Overall, he was elected eleven times as MP. Having already come into conflict with

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, during Iouliana of 1965, he was among the first members of the

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to leave the party and became Minister of National Defence in the

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government. He was also Minister of Finance in the governments of

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(August, September & November 1950), Minister of National Economy (1932 & 1947) in the governments of

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and

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, Foreign Minister (1964-1965) in the government of

Georgios Papandreou Georgios Papandreou (, ''Geórgios Papandréou''; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964 ...

, Minister without Portfolio in the government of Sofoklis Venizelos, Interior Minister (1963) in the government of Georgios Papandreou, Minister of Defence (1965-1966) in the governments of Novas, Ilias Tsirimokos and Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Minister of Merchant Marine (1950) in the government of Plastiras, Minister of Supply and Distribution (1948) in

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’ government and Coordinating Minister (1950) again under Sophoklis Venizelos. He died on June 23, 1968 in Athens, aged 67.

References

* Αντώνης Μακρυδημήτρης, «Οι υπουργοί των εξωτερικών της Ελλάδας 1829-2000», εκδ.Καστανιώτης, Athens 2000, p. 103 {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostopoulos, Stavros 1900 births 1968 deaths Politicians from Kalamata National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Greek MPs 1928–1932 Greek MPs 1932–1933 Greek MPs 1933–1935 Greek MPs 1935–1936 Greek MPs 1946–1950 Liberal Party (Greece) politicians Centre Union politicians Ministers of national defence of Greece Finance ministers of Greece Foreign ministers of Greece Ministers of the interior of Greece Greek bankers Greek expatriates in France