Konstantinos Kallias (July 9, 1901[1] – April 7, 2004) was a Greek politician.
He was born in Chalkis. He studied law at the University of Athens.[2] He co-founded with Panagiotis Kanellopoulos the National Unionist Party. He served in many ministerial positions, including Minister for Justice (1958) and vice-president of New Democracy under Konstantinos Karamanlis (1975–1976).
In the first Greek elections to the European Parliament, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).[3][4] In 2003 he entered the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest active writer of an autobiography, at the age of 102.[citation needed] He died, aged 102, in Athens on April 7, 2004.
References
edit- ^ Hellēnikon Who's who (in Greek). Ekolotikos Organismos Hellēnikon who's who. 1962. p. 199. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Papadakē-Kakarē, Koula (1975). Prosopikotētes apo ton politiko kosmo tēs Hellados: archēgoi kommatōn - hypourgoi - hyphypourgoi - genikoi grammateis - nomarches kai dēmarchoi (in Greek). Para tō ekdotē Karolō Bek. p. 140. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "1st parliamentary term | Konstantinos KALLIAS | MEPs | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. 26 June 1901. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ Forging Ahead, 1952-1982: Thirty Years of the European Parliament. European Parliament, Directorate-General for Research and Documentation. 1982. p. 96. Retrieved 4 November 2024.