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Treaty of Accession

Greece · Government / Government of Greece. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

6Records
1979–2003Date range
5Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1979

Konstantinos Karamanlis28 June 1979

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Leads the government when the Greek Parliament ratifies the accession treaty.

Georgios Rallis28 June 1979

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Serves as Foreign Minister when Parliament approves Greece's accession treaty.

1981

Konstantinos Mitsotakis1 January 1981

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

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

Georgios Rallis1 January 1981

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Heads Greece when the accession treaty enters into force and the country becomes the tenth Community member.

1985

Andreas Papandreou12 June 1985

Madrid and Lisbon · Government / Government of Greece

Papandreou supports Greece's participation in the enlargement agreement with the two Iberian applicants.

2003

Costas Simitis16 April 2003

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Simitis hosts the Athens ceremony as Greece holds the Council Presidency during the historic enlargement agreement.

Names involved

Andreas PapandreouCostas SimitisGeorgios RallisKonstantinos KaramanlisKonstantinos Mitsotakis

Provenance

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