University of Athens

University of Athens   (University)
Formation	1837
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Type	Public
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.

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.

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

• Nicos Anastasiades (b. 1946), President of Cyprus (since 2013)
• Constantine II (b. 1940), King of the Hellenes (1964–1973)
• Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902–1986), Prime Minister of Greece (1945; 1967)
• Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece (1980–1985; 1990–1995) and Prime Minister of Greece (1955–1958; 1958–1961; 1961–1963; 1974–1980)
• Kostas Karamanlis (b. 1956), Prime Minister of Greece (2004–2009)
• Spyros Markezinis (1909–2000), Prime Minister of Greece (1973)
• Konstantinos Mitsotakis (b. 1918), Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)
• Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1924; 1932)
• Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), Prime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)
• Georgios Papandreou (1888–1968), Prime Minister of Greece (1944–1945; 1963; 1964–1965)
• Karolos Papoulias (b. 1929), President of Greece (2005–2015)
• Georgios Rallis (1918–2006), Prime Minister of Greece (1980–1981)
• Ioannis Rallis (1878–1946), Prime Minister of Greece (1943–1944)
• Michail Stasinopoulos (1903–2002), President of Greece (1974–1975)
• Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (b. 1950), Prime Minister of Greece (2015) and President of the Court of Cassation (since 2015)
• Charilaos Trikoupis (1832–1896), Prime Minister of Greece (1875; 1878; 1880; 1882–1885; 1886–1890; 1892–1893; 1893–1895)
• Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899–1987), President of Greece (1975–1980)
• Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1910–1915; 1915; 1917–1920; 1924; 1928–1932; 1932; 1933) and Prime Minister of the Cretan State (1910)
• Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Prime Minister of Greece (1989–1990) and Governor of the Bank of Greece (1944–1945; 1955–1967; 1974–1981)

Politics and government

Greece

• Panagiotis Adraktas (b. 1948), New Democracy MP
• Georgios Alogoskoufis (b. 1955), Minister of the Economy and Finance (2004–2008)
• Sia Anagnostopoulou (b. 1959), Alternate Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
• Dora Bakoyannis (b. 1954), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and Mayor of Athens (2003–2006)
• Thodoris Dritsas (b. 1947), Minister of Shipping and Island Policy (since 2015)
• Nikos Filis (b. 1960), Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
• Fofi Gennimata (b. 1964), President of PASOK (since 2015)
• Giorgos Kaminis (b. 1954), Mayor of Athens (since 2010)
• Georgios Katrougalos (b. 1963), Minister of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity (since 2015)
• Giorgos Stathakis (b. 1953), Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism (since 2015)

World

• Kyriakos Mavronikolas (b. 1955), Cypriot Minister of Defence (2003–2006)
• Sotos Zackheos (b. 1950), Special Envoy of the President of Cyprus to Russia (since 2013)

Law and the judiciary

• Nikos Alivizatos (b. 1949), legal scholar and Minister of the Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (2004)
• Basil Markesinis (b. 1944), legal scholar

Religion and theology

• Saint Nectarios of Aegina (1846–1920), Bishop of Pentapolis and Wonderworker of Aegina
• Chrysostomos Savvatos (b. 1961), Bishop of Messenia

Science, mathematics and medicine

• Anna Apostolaki (1880-1968), archaeologist and museum curator
• Benediktos Adamantiades (1875–1962), ophthalmologist
• Andreas Anagnostakis (1827–1896), physician
• Constantin Carathéodory (1873–1950), mathematician
• Gerasimos Danilatos (b. 1946), physicist and inventor of the ESEM
• Sophia Frangou, psychiatrist
• Fotis Kafatos (b. 1940), biologist and President of the European Research Council (2005–2010)
• George Kollias (b. 1958), biologist
• Nikos Logothetis (b. 1950), neuroscientist
• Dimitri Nanopoulos (b. 1948), physicist
• Georgios Papanikolaou (1883–1962), doctor and inventor of the Pap test
• Panayotis Varotsos (b. 1947), physicist

Philosophy and history

• Helene Ahrweiler (b. 1926), Byzantinologist
• Manolis Andronikos (1919–1992), archaeologist
• Vladimir Beneshevich (1874–1938), historian
• Cornelius Castoriadis (1922–1997), philosopher
• Takis Fotopoulos (b. 1940), philosopher
• Emmanuel Kriaras (1906–2014), philologer
• Angeliki Laiou (1941–2008), Byzantinologist

Literature and journalism

• Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996), poet and recipient of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Nikos Engonopoulos (1903–1985), poet and painter
• Nikos Gatsos (1911–1992), poet and lyricist
• Kostas Karyotakis (1896–1928), poet
• Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957), writer
• Kostis Palamas (1859–1943), poet and co-founder of the New Athenian School
• Lefteris Papadopoulos (b. 1935), lyricist
• Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971), poet and recipient of the 1963 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Angelos Sikelianos (1884–1951), poet and playwright
• Stefanos Tassopoulos (1939-2013), poet and playwright
• Nanos Valaoritis (b. 1921), writer
• Kostas Varnalis (1884–1974), poet
• Dinesh Weerawansa (b. 1966), Editor-in-Chief of the Sri Lankan Sunday Observer (2006–2014)

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
George Alogoskoufis	17 October 1955		Greece	Economist	Greek 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 Andrianopoulos	1946		Greece	Politician	Greek 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 Arapoglou			Greece	Central banker	Former Chairman and CEO of the National Bank of Greece.
Gerasimos Arsenis	30 May 1931	19 April 2016	Greece	Politician	Attended the 1994 Bilderberg as Greek Minister for National Defense
Dora Bakoyannis	6 May 1954		Greece	Politician	Double Bilderberg Greek politician
Anastasios Giannitsis	1944		Greece	Politician Economist	Greek economist and politician.
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos	13 December 1902	11 September 1986	Greece	Politician	Attended the first Bilderberg as Greek Defence Minister and former Greek Prime Minister. Also attended the 1956 Bilderberg.
Konstantinos Karamanlis	8 March 1907	23 April 1998		Politician	President and Prime Minister of Greece on multiple occasions from 1955-1995
Kostas Karamanlis	14 September 1956		Greece	Politician	Attended the 1998 Bilderberg as Greece's Leader of the Opposition
Giannos Kranidiotis	25 September 1947	14 September 1999	Greece	Diplomat 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 Livanos	9 August 1926	1 June 1997	Greece 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 Mitsotakis	18 October 1918	29 May 2017	Greece	Politician	Attended the 1993 Bilderberg as Prime Minister of Greece
Stavros Niarchos	3 July 1909	15 April 1996	Greece	Shipping magnate Businessperson	Greek shipping magnate. Worked closely with the CIA. Bilderberger.
George Pagoulatos			Greece	Economist	Rhodes 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 Papandreou	5 February 1919	23 June 1996
Ioannis Papantoniou	27 July 1949		Greece	Politician	Minister 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 Scoullos			Greece	Academic	Greek academic who worked for the European Environment Agency.
Yannis Stournaras	10 December 1956		Greece	Economist 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 Stratos	1924	1982	Greece	Businessperson	Greek businessman and politician. Attended the Bilderberg 1962 and 1963 Bilderberg meetings as founder of the Hellenic Management Association.
Andreas Zaimis	1932		Greece	Politician	Attended the 1978 Bilderberg meeting when he was Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Constantine Zepos	1931		Greece	Diplomat	Single Bilderberger Greek diplomat

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