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Costas Simitis

Politician

Costas Simitis is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Costas Simitis · Konstandinos Simitis · Konstantinos Simitis · Konstantínos Simítis · Kostas Simitis · 15 more...				[sources]
Alias	Constantinos Simitis · Constantinus Simites · Costas Simitis · Konstadinos Simitis · Konstandinos Simitis · 25 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Simitis · Σημίτης · コンスタンティノス・シミティス · シミティス				[sources]
Birth date	1936-06-23				[sources]
Place of birth	Piraeus				[sources]
Death date	2025-01-05				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Greece				[sources]
Country	Greece				[sources]
Citizenship	Greece				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Konstantinos · Kostas				[sources]
Last name	Simítis				[sources]
Website	www.costas-simitis.gr				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q155390				[sources]
Position	Hellenic Parliament (member, 2004-2007) · Hellenic Parliament (member, 2007-2009) · Minister of Agriculture of Greece (1981-1985) · Minister of National Education and Religious Affairs of Greece (1989-1990) · Minister of Trade of Greece (1993-1995) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	London School of Economics and Political Science · University of Marburg				[sources]
Religion	Eastern Orthodoxy				[sources]
Ethnicity	Greeks				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-11-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

Greek jurist, economist, academic and politician (1936–2025)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-01-25

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Daphni Simitis Close Associate	spouse	1964	2025

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Hellenic Parliament	2004-03-07	2007-08-18
Member of the Hellenic Parliament	2007-09-16

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Spiros Simitis Politician	sibling	-	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,742

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons277,144

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions552,185

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata353,686

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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