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George Papandreou was born on June 26, 1952, in the US state of Minnesota.

He spent his childhood in the US and Canada, until his family returned to Greece in 1961. His father, Andreas Papandreou, was arrested in 1967 and imprisoned by the military dictatorship ruling Greece at the time.

George Papandreou was born on June 26, , in the US state of Minnesota.

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George Papandreou has been Prime Minister of Greece since October He was previously Minister of Foreign Affairs ().

This essay analyzes Andreas Papandreou's skill as a political “story teller.” For a great majority of the Greek population, it is his narrative.

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When pressure from thousands of internationally prominent figures forced the junta to release him eight months later, he and his family fled to Sweden, where they were given political asylum. After studying Sociology at Amherst College, Massachusetts, he returned to Greece for his obligatory military service.

Afterwards he continued his graduate studies in Great Britain in the Sociology and Development Department of the London School of Economics.

Some years later, in Sweden, George Papandreou met and became friends with Olaf Palme, with whom he worked on promoting human rights and adult education.

He often accompanied Palme on his election campaigns. On one of the tours with