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Greece in 1996

Historical records for Greece in 1996, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

5Records
5Events
4Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

January

15 January 1996Resignation of Andreas PapandreouAndreas Papandreou

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Papandreou resigns as Prime Minister because of serious illness.

18 January 1996Prime Minister of GreeceKonstantinos Simitis

Government / Government of Greece

Konstantinos Simitis is selected to succeed Andreas Papandreou as Prime Minister.

March

29 March 1996Turin European CouncilCostas Simitis

Turin · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Greece as the intergovernmental conference opens negotiations that later produce the Amsterdam Treaty.

29 March 1996Turin Intergovernmental ConferenceTheodoros Pangalos

Turin · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Greek diplomacy at the opening of treaty-reform negotiations.

June

21 June 1996Florence European CouncilCostas Simitis

Florence · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Greece as leaders review progress in institutional reform and enlargement.

Names involved

Andreas PapandreouCostas SimitisKonstantinos SimitisTheodoros Pangalos

Places involved

AthensFlorenceTurin

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.