Macedonian Press Agency: Special Report (N.D. Conference) [3], 97-03-21

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KOSTAS KARAMANLIS NEW LEADER OF MAIN OPPOSITION NEW DEMOCRACY

Athens, March 22 (MPA)

At 40 years old, Mr. Karamanlis is the youngest president that has ever reigned New Democracy which could very well have been his appeal for the party's 3,609 delegates, as he has promised to turn a new page in Greece's history and provide the country with fresh political initiatives.

Mr. Karamanlis is the nephew and namesake of New Democracy's founder Konstantinos Karamanlis, a milestone in Greece's modern political history as he has served lengthy terms in the country's Premiership and Presidency.

A deputy in Thessaloniki's A District, Mr. Karamanlis studied Law and did his post-graduate studies at the Tafts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He has a Master's in Political and Economic Sciences and a PhD in Diplomatic History.

Mr.Karamanlis was a member of the New Democracy's Youth Party (ONNED) and served in ONNED's and New Democracy's organizing and ideological sectors during 1974-1979 and 1984-1989.

He practiced law between 1984-89 and taught Political Science, Diplomatic History and Business Law at Deree College.

Mr. Karamanlis has co-authored the book "Eleftherios Venizelos and Greece's Foreign Relations 1928-32". He also edited and prefaced various historical publications.

He was elected second parliamentarian of Thessaloniki with New Democracy in June 1989 and April of 1990 and first deputy in the elections of October 1993 and September of 1996. A.F.

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