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The '''National and Kapodistrian University of Athens''' (''NKUA''; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών), usually referred to simply as the '''University of Athens''' ('''UoA'''), is a public university in [[Athens]], Greece.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190712192550/https://www.adip.gr/sites/default/files/pages/27/619-final_external_evaluation_report_ekpa.pdf "The EEC’s assessment is that University of Athens is worthy of merit. Educate faculty in the need for QA and evaluation. The successful process of self-evaluation can be replicated. An  impartial, genuine, honest, open, effective and constructive strategic planning and communication between the Institution and the state needs to be implemented in order to put in place measures for its longer term viability and tradition of excellence. We conclude by pointing out that the recommendations indicated in our report are intended as ways to improve an already excellent Institution. The culture of excellence in research and teaching that the Institution has established for itself was appreciated by every member of the EEC."</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042544/http://modip.uoa.gr/fileadmin/modip.uoa.gr/uploads/External_Evaluation_Reports/Abridged_Univ._Report__11.9.15_.pdf </ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165146/http://modip.uoa.gr/ek8eseis/ek8esh-aytoa3iologhshs-ekpa.html </ref>
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It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the [[History of Modern Greece|modern Greek state]] and the first contemporary university in both the [[Balkan Peninsula]] and the [[Eastern Mediterranean]]. Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students.<ref>https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/Uni/Publications/UoA_greek_2019.pdf </ref>
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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is an integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition.
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==Notable alumni==
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===Heads of state or government===
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* [[Nicos Anastasiades]] (b. 1946), [[President of Cyprus]] (since 2013)
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* [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]] (b. 1940), [[King of the Hellenes]] (1964–1973)
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* [[Panagiotis Kanellopoulos]] (1902–1986), [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (1945; 1967)
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* [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]] (1907–1998), [[President of Greece]] (1980–1985; 1990–1995) and Prime Minister of Greece (1955–1958; 1958–1961; 1961–1963; 1974–1980)
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* [[Kostas Karamanlis]] (b. 1956), Prime Minister of Greece (2004–2009)
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* [[Spyros Markezinis]] (1909–2000), Prime Minister of Greece (1973)
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* [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis]] (b. 1918), Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)
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* [[Alexandros Papanastasiou]] (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1924; 1932)
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* [[Andreas Papandreou]] (1919–1996), Prime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)
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* [[Georgios Papandreou]] (1888–1968), Prime Minister of Greece (1944–1945; 1963; 1964–1965)
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* [[Karolos Papoulias]] (b. 1929), President of Greece (2005–2015)
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* [[Georgios Rallis]] (1918–2006), Prime Minister of Greece (1980–1981)
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* [[Ioannis Rallis]] (1878–1946), Prime Minister of Greece (1943–1944)
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* [[Michail Stasinopoulos]] (1903–2002), President of Greece (1974–1975)
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* [[Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou]] (b. 1950), Prime Minister of Greece (2015) and President of the [[Court of Cassation (Greece)|Court of Cassation]] (since 2015)
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* [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] (1832–1896), Prime Minister of Greece (1875; 1878; 1880; 1882–1885; 1886–1890; 1892–1893; 1893–1895)
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* [[Konstantinos Tsatsos]] (1899–1987), President of Greece (1975–1980)
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* [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1910–1915; 1915; 1917–1920; 1924; 1928–1932; 1932; 1933) and [[Cretan State|Prime Minister of the Cretan State]] (1910)
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* [[Xenophon Zolotas]] (1904–2004), Prime Minister of Greece (1989–1990) and Governor of the [[Bank of Greece]] (1944–1945; 1955–1967; 1974–1981)
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===Politics and government===
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====Greece====
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* [[Panagiotis Adraktas]] (b. 1948), [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] MP
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* [[Georgios Alogoskoufis]] (b. 1955), [[Ministry of Finance (Greece)|Minister of the Economy and Finance]] (2004–2008)
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* [[Sia Anagnostopoulou]] (b. 1959), [[Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs|Alternate Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs]] (since 2015)
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* [[Dora Bakoyannis]] (b. 1954), [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (2006–2009) and [[Mayor of Athens]] (2003–2006)
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* [[Thodoris Dritsas]] (b. 1947), [[Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy (Greece)|Minister of Shipping and Island Policy]] (since 2015)
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* [[Nikos Filis]] (b. 1960), [[Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs|Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs]] (since 2015)
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* [[Fofi Gennimata]] (b. 1964), President of [[PASOK]] (since 2015)
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* [[Giorgos Kaminis]] (b. 1954), Mayor of Athens (since 2010)
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* [[Georgios Katrougalos]] (b. 1963), [[Ministry of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity (Greece)|Minister of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity]] (since 2015)
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* [[Giorgos Stathakis]] (b. 1953), [[Ministry of Economy, Development and Tourism (Greece)|Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism]] (since 2015)
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====World====
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* [[Kyriakos Mavronikolas]] (b. 1955), Cypriot [[List of Ministers of Defence of Cyprus|Minister of Defence]] (2003–2006)
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* [[Sotos Zackheos]] (b. 1950), Special Envoy of the President of Cyprus to Russia (since 2013)
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===Law and the judiciary===
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* [[Nikos Alivizatos]] (b. 1949), legal scholar and [[Ministry of the Interior and Administrative Reconstruction|Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization]] (2004)
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* [[Basil Markesinis]] (b. 1944), legal scholar
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===Religion and theology===
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* [[Nectarios of Aegina|Saint Nectarios of Aegina]] (1846–1920), [[Metropolitan bishop|Bishop]] of [[Pentapolis]] and Wonderworker of [[Aegina]]
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* [[Chrysostomos Savvatos]] (b. 1961), Bishop of [[Messenia]]
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===Science, mathematics and medicine===
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* [[Anna Apostolaki]] (1880-1968), [[archaeologist]] and museum curator
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* [[Benediktos Adamantiades]] (1875–1962), [[ophthalmologist]]
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* [[Andreas Anagnostakis]] (1827–1896), physician
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* [[Constantin Carathéodory]] (1873–1950), mathematician
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* [[Gerasimos Danilatos]] (b. 1946), physicist and inventor of the [[ESEM]]
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* [[Sophia Frangou]], psychiatrist
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* [[Fotis Kafatos]] (b. 1940), biologist and President of the [[European Research Council]] (2005–2010)
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* [[George Kollias (biologist)|George Kollias]] (b. 1958), biologist
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* [[Nikos Logothetis]] (b. 1950), neuroscientist
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* [[Dimitri Nanopoulos]] (b. 1948), physicist
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* [[Georgios Papanikolaou]] (1883–1962), doctor and inventor of the [[Pap test]]
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* [[Panayotis Varotsos]] (b. 1947), physicist
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===Philosophy and history===
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* [[Helene Ahrweiler]] (b. 1926), [[Byzantine studies|Byzantinologist]]
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* [[Manolis Andronikos]] (1919–1992), archaeologist
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* [[Vladimir Beneshevich]] (1874–1938), historian
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* [[Cornelius Castoriadis]] (1922–1997), philosopher
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* [[Takis Fotopoulos]] (b. 1940), philosopher
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* [[Emmanuel Kriaras]] (1906–2014), philologer
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* [[Angeliki Laiou]] (1941–2008), Byzantinologist
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===Literature and journalism===
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* [[Odysseas Elytis]] (1911–1996), poet and recipient of the 1979 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]
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* [[Nikos Engonopoulos]] (1903–1985), poet and painter
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* [[Nikos Gatsos]] (1911–1992), poet and lyricist
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* [[Kostas Karyotakis]] (1896–1928), poet
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* [[Nikos Kazantzakis]] (1883–1957), writer
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* [[Kostis Palamas]] (1859–1943), poet and co-founder of the [[New Athenian School]]
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* [[Lefteris Papadopoulos]] (b. 1935), lyricist
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* [[Giorgos Seferis]] (1900–1971), poet and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature
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* [[Angelos Sikelianos]] (1884–1951), poet and playwright
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* [[Stefanos Tassopoulos]] (1939-2013), poet and playwright
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* [[Nanos Valaoritis]] (b. 1921), writer
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* [[Kostas Varnalis]] (1884–1974), poet
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* [[Dinesh Weerawansa]] (b. 1966), Editor-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan ''[[Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka)|Sunday Observer]]'' (2006–2014)
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An integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece.[1][2][3]

It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean. Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students.[4]

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is an integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition.

Notable alumni

Heads of state or government

Politics and government

Greece

World

Law and the judiciary

Religion and theology

Science, mathematics and medicine

Philosophy and history

Literature and journalism


 

Alumni on Wikispooks

PersonBornDiedNationalitySummaryDescription
George Alogoskoufis17 October 1955GreeceEconomistGreek economist and minister Minister of Economy and Finance from 2004 to 2009, where is accounting tricks to increase debt led to the 2010 Greece/Debt crisis. He attended all Bilderberg meetings from 2005 until 2009.
Andreas Andrianopoulos1946GreecePoliticianGreek politician who attended the 1988 Bilderberg, then became Minister of Trade. Was along with fellow Bilderberger Stefanos Manos the main spokesman for the economic liberal tradition in Greece.
Takis ArapoglouGreeceCentral bankerFormer Chairman and CEO of the National Bank of Greece.
Gerasimos Arsenis30 May 193119 April 2016GreecePoliticianAttended the 1994 Bilderberg as Greek Minister for National Defense
Dora Bakoyannis6 May 1954GreecePoliticianDouble Bilderberg Greek politician
Anastasios Giannitsis1944GreecePolitician
Economist		Greek economist and politician.
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos13 December 190211 September 1986GreecePoliticianAttended the first Bilderberg as Greek Defence Minister and former Greek Prime Minister. Also attended the 1956 Bilderberg.
Konstantinos Karamanlis8 March 190723 April 1998PoliticianPresident and Prime Minister of Greece on multiple occasions from 1955-1995
Kostas Karamanlis14 September 1956GreecePoliticianAttended the 1998 Bilderberg as Greece's Leader of the Opposition
Giannos Kranidiotis25 September 194714 September 1999GreeceDiplomat
Politician		A greek diplomat and politician who was killed together with his son in a "freak accident" 3 months after attending a Bilderberg meeting.
George Livanos9 August 19261 June 1997Greece
US		Billionaire
Shipping magnate
Businessperson		Greek/US shipping magnate who who built up Greece’s largest merchant fleet in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended the 1982 and 1993 Bilderberg conferences.
Konstantinos Mitsotakis18 October 191829 May 2017GreecePoliticianAttended the 1993 Bilderberg as Prime Minister of Greece
Stavros Niarchos3 July 190915 April 1996GreeceShipping magnate
Businessperson		Greek shipping magnate. Worked closely with the CIA. Bilderberger.
George PagoulatosGreeceEconomistRhodes Scholar market liberal, very europhile Greek economist who attended Bilderberg 2019. Believes Covid was a fantastic opportunity to implement digital systems and functions that would have otherwise taken years to implement.
Andreas Papandreou5 February 191923 June 1996
Ioannis Papantoniou27 July 1949GreecePoliticianMinister of finance 1994-2001 who prepared for the Euro in Greece. In 2018, he and his wife were jailed, pending trial for grave corruption and money-laundering.
Michael ScoullosGreeceAcademicGreek academic who worked for the European Environment Agency.
Yannis Stournaras10 December 1956GreeceEconomist
Central banker		Greek economist who attended Bilderberg/2009, then installed as finance minister in 2012 and Governor of the Bank of Greece in 2014 - where he pauperized Greece.
Christofore Stratos19241982GreeceBusinesspersonGreek businessman and politician. Attended the Bilderberg 1962 and 1963 Bilderberg meetings as founder of the Hellenic Management Association.
Andreas Zaimis1932GreecePoliticianAttended the 1978 Bilderberg meeting when he was Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Constantine Zepos1931GreeceDiplomatSingle Bilderberger Greek diplomat
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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190712192550/https://www.adip.gr/sites/default/files/pages/27/619-final_external_evaluation_report_ekpa.pdf "The EEC’s assessment is that University of Athens is worthy of merit. Educate faculty in the need for QA and evaluation. The successful process of self-evaluation can be replicated. An impartial, genuine, honest, open, effective and constructive strategic planning and communication between the Institution and the state needs to be implemented in order to put in place measures for its longer term viability and tradition of excellence. We conclude by pointing out that the recommendations indicated in our report are intended as ways to improve an already excellent Institution. The culture of excellence in research and teaching that the Institution has established for itself was appreciated by every member of the EEC."
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042544/http://modip.uoa.gr/fileadmin/modip.uoa.gr/uploads/External_Evaluation_Reports/Abridged_Univ._Report__11.9.15_.pdf
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165146/http://modip.uoa.gr/ek8eseis/ek8esh-aytoa3iologhshs-ekpa.html
  4. ↑ https://www.uoa.gr/fileadmin/user_upload/Uni/Publications/UoA_greek_2019.pdf
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