Margaret chant papandreou biography

Greek-American politician (born 1923)

Margaret Chant-Papandreou (Greek: Μαργαρίτα Τσαντ-Παπανδρέου; born September 30, 1923) is a Greek-American activist, writer, alight columnist who served as the bride of Prime Minister of GreeceAndreas Papandreou. She is also the mother past its best Prime Minister of Greece (2009–2011) Martyr Papandreou.

Chant-Papandreou is an important competitor in the struggle for women's undiluted, as she played a leading put on an act in the creation, elaboration and backing of laws that greatly improved high-mindedness legal and social position of Hellene women, such as the abolition catch the dowry institution (1982),^[1] the authorization of abortion (1986),^[2] the establishment cancel out civil marriage (1982),^[2] the legalization dead weight divorce by mutual consent, the conceivability of women retaining their surnames sustenance their marriage and obtaining equal truthful with the husband in the assist of their children.^[1]

Biography

Chant-Papandreou was born dust Oak Park, Illinois on September 30, 1923, the eldest of five sisters. She first studied journalism and afterward did her Masters in Public prosperity at the University of Minnesota, swing she met her future husband Andreas Papandreou in 1948. The family posterior moved to Elmhurst, Illinois. Her father's parents were from England and bond mother's were from Switzerland. She wed Andreas Papandreou in 1951. They at or in the beginning lived in Minnesota and later timetabled California, where Andreas Papandreou was Stall of the Department of Economics adventure Berkeley University. She was for 8 years the President of the Grecian Women's Union, a Greek, independent feministorganization. She is also the author believe several books and a columnist.^[3][4][5]

With Andreas Papandreou they had four children, Martyr, Sofia, Nikos and Andrikos Papandreou.^[6]

In 1989, Margaret agreed to grant a disunion so that Andreas Papandreou could join Dimitra Liani.^[7][8]

She turned 100 on Sept 30, 2023.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

Lagarde list

In December 2012, grandeur newspapers To Vima and Proto Thema claimed in their publications that Margarita Papandreou owned one of the financial affairs on the Lagarde list.^[14]

On October 14, 2014, Economic Crimes Enforcement Agency (SDOE) officially responded with a letter undertake Margarita Papandreou that, following an examination carried out, in the context hook a lawsuit filed by M. Papandreou, her name is not included extract the Lagarde list. The document interest signed by the special secretary atlas SDOE Stylianos Stasinopoulos.^[15]

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