Giannos Kranidiotis
 Giannos Kranidiotis    (diplomat, politician) | |
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| Born | Γιάννος Κρανιδιώτης September 25, 1947 Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Died | September 14, 1999 (Age 51) Bucharest, Romania |
Cause of death | Plane crash |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Victim of | • Air disaster • premature death |
A greek diplomat and politician who was killed together with his son in a "freak accident" 3 months after attending a Bilderberg meeting. | |
Giannos Kranidiotis was a Greek diplomat and politician who died in a 1999 airplane crash.His death came at the time of the Kosovo War, where Greece was the only NATO-member opposed to the war on Serbia/Yugoslavia.
Death
"According to reports, the plane lost altitude as it entered an air pocket, fatally injuring six of the passengers on board the Falcon commuter jet used by the Greek premier for his official travels abroad."[1] Kranidiotis, his son Nikolas, and four other people died the presidential Dassault Falcon 900 airplane on their way to a six-nation Balkan foreign ministers' regional cooperation meeting in Bucharest. Twenty minutes before its landing in Bucharest the plane lost altitude and suffered severe in-flight pitch oscillations injuring or killing many of its passengers.[1]
His death came at the time of the Kosovo War, where Greece was the only NATO-member opposed to the war on Serbia/Yugoslavia.
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/1997 | 12 June 1997 | 15 June 1997 | US Lake Lanier Georgia (State) | The 45th Bilderberg meeting |
| Bilderberg/1999 | 3 June 1999 | 6 June 1999 | Portugal Sintra | The 47th Bilderberg, 111 participants |
