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Margaret Chant-Papandreou

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Margaret Papandreou
Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου
Papandreou in 1987
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Greece
In role
21 October 1981 – 2 July 1989
Prime MinisterAndreas Papandreou
Preceded byLena Ralli
Succeeded byMaria Tzannetaki
Personal details
BornMargaret Esther Chant
(1923-09-30)30 September 1923
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died18 September 2026(2026-09-18) (aged 102)
Palaio Faliro, Greece
Resting placeAegean Sea ,Greece
Citizenship
PartyPASOK
Spouse
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(m. 1951; div. 1989)​
Children4, including George and Nikos
EducationUniversity of Minnesota (B.J., MPH)
Websiteege.gr

Margaret Papandreou (Greek: Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου; née Margaret Esther Chant, Greek: Μάργκαρετ Έσθερ Τσαντ; 30 September 1923 – 18 September 2026) was an American and Greek women's rights activist and writer. She was the ex-wife of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, who served in that position four times between 1977 and 1993. Among her children are former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and the member of the European Parliament Nikos Papandreou.

Early life

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Margaret Esther Chant was born in Oak Park, Illinois, on 30 September 1923. She was the eldest of five children of Douglas Chant (1896–1981), and Hulda Anne Pfund Chant (1893–1986).[1] She first studied journalism and gained her master's degree in public health at the University of Minnesota, where she met her future husband Andreas Papandreou in 1947. The family later moved to Elmhurst, Illinois. Her father's parents were from England and her mother's were from Switzerland.

Career

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Papandreou was the President of the Greek Women's Union, a Greek independent feminist organization. She was also the author of several books and a columnist.[2][3][4]

She was an important participant in the struggle for women's rights, as she played a leading role in the creation, elaboration and promotion of laws that greatly improved the legal and social position of Greek women, such as the abolition of the dowry institution (1982),[5] the legalization of abortion (1986),[6] the establishment of civil marriage (1982),[6] the legalization of divorce by mutual consent, the possibility of women retaining their surnames after their marriage and obtaining equal rights with the husband in the custody of their children.[5]

Lagarde list

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In December 2012, the newspapers To Vima and Proto Thema claimed in their publications that Papandreou owned one of the accounts on the Lagarde list.[7]

On 14 October 2014, the Economic Crimes Enforcement Agency (SDOE) officially responded with a letter to Papandreou that, following an investigation carried out in the context of a lawsuit filed by M. Papandreou, her name is not included on the Lagarde list. The document was signed by the special secretary of SDOE, Stylianos Stasinopoulos.[8]

Personal life and death

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Chant married Andreas Papandreou on 30 August 1951.[9] They initially lived in Minnesota and later in California, where Papandreou was Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. With Papandreou she had four children, including George and Nikos.[10]

In 1989, Papandreou agreed to grant a divorce so that Andreas Papandreou could marry Dimitra Liani.[11][12]

Papandreou turned 100 on 30 September 2023,[13] and died at her home in Palaio Faliro, on the morning of 18 September 2026, at age 102.[14] Her civil funeral took place at the First Cemetery of Athens on 20 September 2026.[15] Her body was cremated on 21 September 2026, and her ashes were scattered in the Aegean Sea, in accordance with her wishes.[16]

References

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  1. ↑ "Douglas Chant - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
  2. ↑ Patakis, Stefanos (4 July 2024). "Papandreou, Margarita". Patakis Publishers. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Margaret Chant Papandreou: Greek prime minister's wife". UPI. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Hendrix, Kathleen (3 August 1989). "After a Greek Tragedy: Her Life as a Political Wife Over, Margaret Papandreou Bounces Back to Lifelong Causes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 Hendrix, Kathleen (3 August 1989). "After a Greek Tragedy : Her Life as a Political Wife Over, Margaret Papandreou Bounces Back to Lifelong Causes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  6. 1 2 Gage, Nicholas (21 March 1982). "THE PARADOXICAL PAPANDREOU". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  7. ↑ Smith, Helena (3 December 2012). "Ex-Greek PM's mother linked to $550m Swiss account". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "ΣΔΟΕ: Η Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου δεν βρίσκεται στη λίστα Λαγκάρντ". Skai. 17 July 2019. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Η γυναίκα πίσω από την εξουσία". tovima.gr (in Greek). 12 October 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Thomas Jr., Landon (12 July 2011). "Family Differences, Global Issues". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 July 2023.
  11. ↑ Andrew Gumbel (5 November 1995). "profile; Dimitra Papandreou; Naked lust for power". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  12. ↑ "Athens Court Grants Papandreou a Divorce From Wife of 38 Years". Los Angeles Times. 10 June 1989. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Η Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου έγινε 100 ετών -«Ένας αιώνας ζωής, δεκαετίες προσφοράς», η ανάρτηση του Γιώργου Παπανδρέου". Iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 2 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "Πέθανε η Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου, σε ηλικία 103 ετών". Efimerida ton Syntakton (in Greek). 18 September 2026. Retrieved 18 September 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ Newsroom (20 September 2026). "Κηδεία Μαργαρίτας Παπανδρέου: Το τελευταίο αντίο από συγγενείς και φίλους (Βίντεο και Εικόνες)". iEidiseis (in Greek). Retrieved 21 September 2026. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ↑ "«Goodbye, dear Margaret, θα σε σκορπίσουμε στην αγαπημένη σου θάλασσα του Αιγαίου»: Ο αποχαιρετισμός του Νίκου Παπανδρέου στη μητέρα του, Μαργαρίτα". ProtoThema (in Greek). 20 September 2026. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
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