Christofore Stratos

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Person.png Christofore Stratos  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(businessman)
Christoforos Stratos.png
BornΧριστόφορος Στράτος
1924
Died1982 (Age 57)
NationalityGreek
Alma materUniversity of Athens
ReligionGreek Orthodox
ParentsStamoulis Stratos
SiblingsPhaidon Stratos
Greek businessman and politician. Attended the Bilderberg 1962 and 1963 Bilderberg meetings as founder of the Hellenic Management Association.

Christofore Stratos was director of the family business, the textile company Piraiki-Patraiki. A friend of the king, he was three times minister of the interior of Greece. He founded the Hellenic Management Association in 1962. He attended the 1962 and 1963 Bilderberg meetings.

Background

He was born in Patras in October 1924 and was the son of industrialist Stamoulis Stratos. brother was Phaidon Stratos, businessman and father of the artist Danae Stratos. He studied law at the University of Athens.

Career

He then started working for the family business, "Piraeus-Patraiki", taking over from 1952.[1]

He was a friend of the late King Paul and his son, Constantine. Stratos entered politics in the early 1960s when the King appointed him as a minister in two caretaker governments.[2] The caretaker governments were set up before 1967 to hold elections.[3]

After the restoration of democracy in 1974, Stratos joined the new democracy party of then Premier Constantine Karamanlis and was minister of interior.[3]

Stratos was active in the Orthodox Church and the Greek Scout Movement. He also co-founded the Society of Hellenic Studies, a conservative liberal think-tank.[2]

In 1962, Stratos founded the Hellenic Management Association to introduce modern techniques of business management in public and private companies.[2]


 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
Bilderberg/196218 May 196220 May 1962Sweden
Saltsjöbaden
The 11th Bilderberg meeting and the first one in Sweden.
Bilderberg/196329 March 196331 March 1963France
Cannes
Hotel Martinez
The 12th Bilderberg meeting and the second one in France.
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