Konstantinos Mitsotakis Biography

Serves as Foreign Minister when Greece's membership of the European Communities formally begins.

Konstantinos Mitsotakis begins a term as Prime Minister of Greece in 1990.

Represents Greece as leaders discuss German unification and Europe's changing political order.

Mitsotakis joins the Rome summit as governments design the institutions and timetable for the next monetary-union phase.

Represents Greece as leaders open intergovernmental conferences on political union and monetary union.

Represents Greece as leaders review progress in the political and monetary union conferences.

Joins the Luxembourg European Council while Greece helps shape the emerging treaty settlement.

Represents Greece as the Maastricht European Council opens the decisive negotiations on European Union.

Represents Greece when leaders begin the final political bargaining over the Union treaty.

Supports the final Maastricht settlement establishing European Union and the framework for economic and monetary union.

Represents Greece as leaders review Maastricht ratification, economic policy and enlargement prospects.

Heads Greece when its ratification notification is lodged with the depositary government.

Heads the Greek government when Greece signs agreements to accede to the Schengen framework.

Represents Greece as leaders address Maastricht ratification and future Community financing.

Represents Greece as leaders consider Danish concerns and the wider timetable for bringing Maastricht into force.

Represents Greece as leaders establish conditions for future enlargement to Central and Eastern Europe.