Constantine Karamanlis (1907-1998) sustained an active career in Greek politics for 48 years. He was elected member of Parliament 12 times, governed the country as prime minister for 14 years (1955-1963; 1974-1980), and later was twice elected...

Konstantinos Karamanlis has been Prime Minister of Greece since 10 March 2004. His appointment followed the general election of 7 March 2004 in which his party, New Democracy (ND), won 45.36% of the vote and 164 seats in the 300-seat Vouli ton Ellinon....

Konstantinos Karamanlis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής) (8 March 1907 - 23 April 1998) was a Prime Minister, President of Greece and a towering figure of Greek politics whose political career spanned much of the latter half of...

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...

The heir to one of Greece's two political dynasties safeguarded his family's legacy Sunday, handily winning re-election as leader of the Socialist party despite an electoral defeat two months ago.George Papandreou's grandfather and father were two of Greece's most influential postwar prime ministers. His father,...

The heir to one of Greece's two most enduring political dynasties faces a battle to safeguard his family's legacy this week as he is challenged by a wily law professor for the leadership of Greece's socialist party.George Papandreou, the son and grandson of two of...