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Prime minister of Greece (1888–1968)

For his grandson and former Prime Minister of Greece, see George Papandreou. For the Greek historian and linguist, see Georgios Papandreou (historian).

Georgios Papandreou (Greek: Γεώργιος ΠαπανδρέουGeórgios Papandréou; 13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty.

He served three terms as prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965). He was also deputy prime minister from 1950 to 1952, in the governments of Nikolaos Plastiras and Sofoklis Venizelos. He served numerous times as a cabinet minister, starting in 1923, in a political career that spanned more than five decades.^[3]

Early life

Papandreou was born at Kalentzi, in the Achaea region of the northern Peloponnese.^[1] He was the son of Father Andreas Stavropoulos, an Orthodox archpriest (protopresvyteros).

His last name is derived from his father's Christian name a