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Events in the year 2004 in Greece.
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Incumbents
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President of the Hellenic Republic | Konstantinos Stephanopoulos[1][2] |
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Prime Minister of Greece | Costas Simitis (until 10 March)[3][4] |
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Prime Minister of Greece | Costas Karamanlis (starting 10 March)[5] |
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Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | Apostolos Kaklamanis (until 19 March)[6] |
| Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament | Anna Benaki-Psarouda (starting 19 March)[7] | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Air Force Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel Georgios Dritsakos | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Navy Vice-Captain Sotiris Charalambopoulos | |
| Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic | Army Lieutenant Colonel Dimitrios Reskos |
Events
editJanuary
editFebruary
editMarch
edit- March 7 – Greek legislative election, 2004, Kostas Karamanlis, nephew of Konstantinos Karamanlis has been elected Prime Minister of Greece defeating George Papandreou.[8]
- March 25 – The Olympic Flame was ignited at Olympia, Greece and it took it across the continents and return to Athens, Greece.[9]
April
edit- April 20 – Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Georgios Dritsakos becomes Colonel.
May
editJune
editJuly
edit- July 4 – The Greek national football team won Euro 2004.
August
edit- August 13 – Athens host the 2004 Summer Olympics, beginning with the opening ceremony, and making the first city to bring the Olympics back to their birthplace. ATHOC President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki is the first woman to make a welcome home speech followed by the IOC President Jacques Rogge to make a speech and addressing to the athletes. And the Greek President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos is the first Head of state to open the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad of the modern era. Accompanied by the Adjutant to the President of the Hellenic Republic, Air Force Colonel Georgios Dritsakos.[10]
September
editOctober
editNovember
editDecember
edit- December – European Commission issues formal warning after Greece found to have falsified budget deficit data in run-up to joining eurozone.[11]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2004 in Greece.
- ^ "Konstantinos Stephanopoulos - Presidency of the Hellenic Republic". Presidency of the Hellenic Republic. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
- ^ Turner, Barry (2007). The Statesman's yearbook: the politics, cultures and economies of the world : 2008. Springer. p. 549. ISBN 9781349740246.
- ^ "Konstantinos Simitis - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Costas Simitis". the Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Kostas Karamanlis - prime minister of Greece". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Apostolos Kaklamanis - speaker of the Hellenic Parliament". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Anna Benaki-Psarouda - speaker of the Hellenic Parliament". Hellenic Parliament. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "7 Μαρτίου 2004: Η μεγάλη νίκη του Κώστα Καραμανλή στις εκλογές [εικόνες & βίντεο]" [March 7, 2004: The great victory of Kostas Karamanlis in the elections [images & video]]. eleftherostypos.gr. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "The flame for the Athens Games will be lit in Olympia today". Olympics.com. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ "Games' 'welcome home'". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ^ “Greece profile - Timeline” (December 15, 2016). BBC.
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