Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician,the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as prime minister of Greece. He was also deputy prime minister from 1950–1952,in the governments of Nikolaos Plastiras and Sofoklis Venizelos and served numerous times as a cabinet minister,starting in 1923,in a political career that spanned more than five decades.
Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party,and former career diplomat. He has served in various high-level cabinet posts,including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence,and was Mayor of Athens in 1995–2002. He served as EU Commissioner for Migration,Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission between 2014 and 2019.
Stavros Lambrinidis is a Greek lawyer and politician who has served as the Ambassador of the European Union to the United States since March 2019. He previously served as the European Union Special Representative for Human Rights from 2012 to 2019 and Minister for Foreign Affairs from June 2011 to November 2011.
Evangelos Venizelos is a Greek academic and politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 25 June 2013 to 27 January 2015. Previously,he was Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of Greece from 17 June 2011 to 21 March 2012. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) for the first electoral district of Thessaloniki. He is a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
The Diakopto–Kalavryta railway is a historic 750 mm gauge rack railway in Greece. Located on the northern Peloponnese,it runs 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Diakopto through the Vouraikos Gorge and the old Mega Spilaion Monastery and up to Kalavryta,stopping en route at Zachlorou. Today,the infrastructure and rolling stock are owned and maintained by the Hellenic Railways Organisation (OSE) and passenger trains are operated by Hellenic Train. At the Diakopto terminus,the line connects with the new standard-gauge Athens Airport–Patras railway;as of 2019 the new track is in place in a cutting through the station yard.
Georgios Alogoskoufis is a professor of economics at the Athens University of Economics and Business since 1990. He was a member of the Hellenic Parliament from September 1996 till October 2009 and served as Greece's Minister of Economy and Finance from March 2004 till January 2009.
Alexandros Svolos was a prominent Greek legal expert,who also served as president of the Political Committee of National Liberation,a Resistance-based government during the Axis occupation of Greece.
The first contact between Greece and Sweden can be traced back to the 11th century. Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1852. Both countries are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe,and of the European Union. Greece supports Sweden's NATO membership.
George Mavrikos is the General Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) in Athens,Greece. He is a leading member of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE),and former member of Greek parliament. He is largely credited for having led the successful efforts to halt the decline of the World Federation of Trade Unions since the fall of the Soviet Union. Since his election as general secretary during the congress in Havana in 2005,the World Federation of Trade Unions has seen an increase in its number of affiliates and has successfully managed to recruit several trade union of importances in Western Europe.
Andreas Loverdos is a Greek politician who was Minister for Education and Religious Affairs from 2014 to 2015.
Michalis Chrisochoidis is a Greek politician and former member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). He served as Minister for Citizen Protection,Minister for the Economy,Competitiveness and Shipping (2010),Minister for Regional Development and Competitiveness (2010–2011),Minister for Development,Competitiveness and Shipping (2011–2012) and Minister for Infrastructure,Transport and Networks (2013–2015).
Antonis Roupakiotis is a Greek lawyer from Athani,Lefkada,who was elected for two tenures as chairman of the Athens Bar Association,and is a member of the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.
Pafsanias Katsotas was a Hellenic Army general and politician.
Mehmet Müezzinoğlu is a Turkish physician and politician,who served as the Minister of Labour and Social Security between 2016 and 2017,and the Minister of Health from 2013 to 2016.
Andreas N. Stratos was a Greek lawyer,politician and historian. The son of Prime Minister of Greece Nikolaos Stratos,he was elected a member of the Hellenic Parliament continuously from 1932 to 1961,serving five times in cabinet posts as Minister for Labour,Minister Governor-General of Northern Greece (1952–54) and Minister of Health and Social Welfare. After retiring from politics he wrote the six-volume Byzantium in the 7th Century,the first comprehensive study of the Byzantine state in that period.
Panagiotis A. Mitarachi,known as Notis Mitarachi,is a Greek politician. He serves as Minister of Migration and Asylum,and is a member of the Hellenic Parliament for Chios with New Democracy. He was a President of the Council of the European Union during the Hellenic Presidency,and is a former Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Competitiveness.
Georgios Katrougalos is a Greek jurist and politician who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from February to July 2019. He previously served as an Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs from 5 November 2016 to 15 February 2019,as the Minister of Labour and Social Solidarity from 23 September 2015 to 5 November 2016 and from 18 July 2015 to 28 August 2015. From 27 January 2015 to 17 July 2015 he served as an Alternate Minister of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction in Tsipras's first cabinet
Ben Macpherson is a Scottish politician who has served as Minister for Social Security and Local Government in the Scottish Government since May 2021,having previously served as Minister for Europe,Migration and International Development,Minister for Public Finance and Migration and Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Northern and Leith constituency since 2016.
Ioannis Vroutsis is a Greek economist,lawyer and politician,serving as the New Democracy MP for Cyclades and serving as a parliamentary spokesman for New Democracy since 5 January 2021,having previously served as Minister of Labour,Social Security and Welfare in 21 June 2012 - 27 January 2015 and 9 July 2019 - 5 January 2021.
Eftychia (Efi) Achtsioglou,is a Greek professor of Labour law,lawyer,politician,and current SYRIZA MP from 2019.
