Founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK), Andreas Papandreou (1919-1996) is credited with introducing a socialist dimension into Greek politics, first as the leader of the opposition and then as prime minister of Greece. Andreas Papandreou...

Andreas Papandreou dominated the political life of Greece, whether in or out of office, for much of the second half of the century. In a political system in which charisma is all-important, he was endowed with it in abundance. He himself revealed that...

Andreas Papandreou retains power in Greece despite failing health, but some observers expect him to step down in 1995. Possible successors include Carolos Papoulias and Apostolos Kaklamanis. Papandreou's foreign policy in the Balkans is discussed. ANDREAS PAPANDREOU, Greece's ailing prime minister, has become...

Some call it hereditary democracy.The mantle of democratic government in Greece has passed from father to son and from uncle to nephew as two rival political dynasties alternated power in the past half-century.In Sunday's election, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' conservative government will defend its parliamentary...

Greece's two main party leaders vying to become prime minister in Sunday's election:_ COSTAS KARAMANLIS: 51-year-old head of the conservative New Democracy party. His late uncle, Constantine Karamanlis, served five times as prime minister and another two as president. Karamanlis took over the party in...