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== Prime Minister of Greece == | == Prime Minister of Greece == | ||
=== Economic | === Economic Policies === | ||
During his first tenure, Papandreou nationalized some enterprises. <ref>{{Citation|author=Προβόπουλος, Γεώργιος|year=1985|title=Οι δημόσιες επιχειρήσεις και οργανισμοί.|city=Athens|publisher=IOBE}}</ref> | During his first tenure, Papandreou nationalized some enterprises. <ref>{{Citation|author=Προβόπουλος, Γεώργιος|year=1985|title=Οι δημόσιες επιχειρήσεις και οργανισμοί.|city=Athens|publisher=IOBE}}</ref> | ||
Papandreou's economic policies resulted in inflation dropping to 13,1% in June 1989 from 24,2% in October 1981.<ref>{{Citation|author=Πάνος Καζάκος|year=2000|title=Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους|chapter=Παροχές και λιτότητα: η οικονομία στη δεκαετία του 1980|page=364-371|city=Athens|publisher=Εκδοτική Αθηνών}}</ref> | Papandreou's economic policies resulted in inflation dropping to 13,1% in June 1989 from 24,2% in October 1981.<ref>{{Citation|author=Πάνος Καζάκος|year=2000|title=Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους|chapter=Παροχές και λιτότητα: η οικονομία στη δεκαετία του 1980|page=364-371|city=Athens|publisher=Εκδοτική Αθηνών}}</ref> | ||
The per capita income in US dollars increased by 5.2% from 1981 to 1989, from 13,443$ in 1981 to 14,148$ in 1989. <ref>{{ | The per capita income in US dollars increased by 5.2% from 1981 to 1989, from 13,443$ in 1981 to 14,148$ in 1989. <ref>{{Web citation|url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/international-macroeconomic-data-set.aspx}}</ref> | ||
During his final 1993 - 1996 tenure, inflation dropped from 14,4% in 1993 to 8,2% in 1996. <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=National Statistic Authority of Greece|url=http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1000_DK_12_TS_01_59_05_09_5_Y.pdf}}</ref> | During his final 1993 - 1996 tenure, inflation dropped from 14,4% in 1993 to 8,2% in 1996. <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=National Statistic Authority of Greece|url=http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1000_DK_12_TS_01_59_05_09_5_Y.pdf}}</ref> | ||
=== Foreign Policy === | === Foreign Policy === | ||
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He pushed for better terms for Greece and other South European countries regarding their staying in the EEC, some of which got accepted.<ref>{{Web citation|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Policy/European+Policy/Greece+in+EU/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717045858/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Policy/European+Policy/Greece+in+EU/|archive-date=2006-07-17|retrieved=2023-12-03}}</ref> | He pushed for better terms for Greece and other South European countries regarding their staying in the EEC, some of which got accepted.<ref>{{Web citation|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Policy/European+Policy/Greece+in+EU/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717045858/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Policy/European+Policy/Greece+in+EU/|archive-date=2006-07-17|retrieved=2023-12-03}}</ref> | ||
[[Neoliberalism|Neoliberal]] politician and then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister of the UK]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] said about him: <ref>{{Web citation|author=Νίκος Νικολάου|newspaper=Καθημερινή|title=Αφηγησεις / Η κοινωνία και όχι η οικονομία, η προτεραιότητα του Ανδρέα|date=2008-01-26|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117013524/http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_26/01/2008_257006|archive-url=http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_26/01/2008_257006|archive-date=2012-11-17|retrieved=2023-12-03}}</ref><blockquote>"I never liked him, but he never left any EEC summit without getting something for his country"</blockquote>He was for a two-state solution in the "Israeli | [[Neoliberalism|Neoliberal]] politician and then [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|Prime Minister of the UK]] [[Margaret Thatcher]] said about him: <ref>{{Web citation|author=Νίκος Νικολάου|newspaper=Καθημερινή|title=Αφηγησεις / Η κοινωνία και όχι η οικονομία, η προτεραιότητα του Ανδρέα|date=2008-01-26|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117013524/http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_26/01/2008_257006|archive-url=http://news.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_2_26/01/2008_257006|archive-date=2012-11-17|retrieved=2023-12-03}}</ref><blockquote>"I never liked him, but he never left any EEC summit without getting something for his country"</blockquote>He was for a two-state solution in the "Israeli-Palestinian" conflict and he had a close relation with PLO leader [[Yasser Arafat]]. He also praised anti-imperialist leaders [[Idi Amin]] of Uganda and [[Muammar Gaddafi]] of the [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]]. More specifically, during an interview in 1977, he said about Amin: <ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Τα Νέα|title=Συνέντευξη με τον Ανδρέα Παπανδρέου|date=1977-02-28}}</ref><blockquote>He fights against the metropolitan centers of the West and he himself is their target. That alone puts him, in the worldwide chess board, in the place of anti-imperialist powers.</blockquote>About Gaddafi, he said: <ref>{{Citation|author=Robert D. Kaplan|title=Phantoms of the Balkans|page=467}}</ref><blockquote>Libya isn't a military dictatorship. In fact, it's the opposite. It is a government in the model of the Ancient Athenian democracy.</blockquote>He also denounced the [[anti-communist]] leader of the [[Polish People's Republic (1947–1989)|Polish]] organization [[Solidarity (organization)|Solidarity]], [[Lech Wałęsa]] and supported [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]] instead. <ref>{{Citation|author=Gabriele, Simoncini|year=2003|title=National Minorities of Poland at the end of the Twentieth Century|publisher=The Polish Review. Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America.}}</ref> In a meeting there, he said:<blockquote>The [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|USSR]] is not an imperialist power, because to be imperialist, you need to be capitalist. In fact, the USSR is a power fighting against imperialism.</blockquote> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||