The Constantinos Simitis Foundation was established in 2007 with the principal aim of preserving and promoting the political Archive of the former Prime Minister, while at the same time fostering the study of the country’s national, economic, political, and cultural challenges.
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(1936-2025)
Kostas Simitis was born in Piraeus on June 23, 1936.
He studied law and economics in Germany and the United Kingdom, where he met his wife, Daphne Simiti (née Arkadiou), with whom he had two daughters, Fiona and Marilena.
He began his academic career as a Doctor of Law at the University of Marburg in 1959. After escaping from Greece during the dictatorship, he taught from 1971 to 1975 as a lecturer at the University of Konstanz and subsequently as Professor of Civil Law at the University of Giessen. In 1977, he was elected Professor at Panteion University of Athens.
In 1965, he played a leading role in the establishment of the Political Research Group “Alexandros Papanastasiou”. The “Papanastasiou Group” aimed at the systematic study of the major issues facing the Greek economy and society, as well as the undertaking of initiatives for addressing them. In 1967, the group evolved into the anti-dictatorship organization “Democratic Defense”.
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The Archives of Constantinos Simitis Foundation
The Archives of Constantinos Simitis contain documents of political interest, starting from the 1960s when C. Simitis first became politically active. They include handwritten texts and notes, public addresses, drafts and material for his books, correspondence, resistance documents and records of his political path, as well as files and reports compiled by his colleagues.
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