Margaret Chant-Papandreou
Margaret Papandreou | |
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| Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου | |
 Papandreou in 1987 | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of Greece | |
| In office 21 October 1981 – 2 July 1989 | |
| Prime Minister | Andreas Papandreou |
| Preceded by | Lena Rallis |
| Succeeded by | Maria Tzannetakis |
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| Born | Margaret Esther Chant 30 September 1923 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Children | 4, including George and Nikos |
| Education | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (B.J.) |
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Margaret Papandreou (Greek: Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου; née Margaret Esther Chant; born 30 September 1923) is a Greek-American women's rights activist, writer and the former wife of ex-Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. Among her children are ex-Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, and the member of the European Parliament Nikos Papandreou.
Papandreou is 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),[1] the legalization of abortion (1986),[2] the establishment of civil marriage (1982),[2] 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.[1]
Biography
[edit]Margaret Esther Chant was born on September 30, 1923, in Oak Park, Illinois. She was the eldest of five children of Douglas Chant (1896–1981), and Hulda Anne Pfund Chant (1893–1986).[3] She first studied journalism and then did her masters 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. She married Andreas Papandreou on 30 August 1951.[4] They initially lived in Minnesota and later in California, where Andreas Papandreou was Chair of the Department of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She was for 8 years the President of the Greek Women's Union, a Greek independent feminist organization. She is also the author of several books and a columnist.[5][6][7]
With Andreas Papandreou she had four children, George, Sofia, Nikos and Andrikos Papandreou.[8]
In 1989, Papandreou agreed to grant a divorce so that Andreas Papandreou could marry Dimitra Liani.[9][10]
Papandreou turned 100 on 30 September 2023.[11][12]
Lagarde list
[edit]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.[13]
On October 14, 2014, the Economic Crimes Enforcement Agency (SDOE) officially responded with a letter to Chant-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.[14]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hendrix, Kathleen (1989-08-03). "After a Greek Tragedy : Her Life as a Political Wife Over, Margaret Papandreou Bounces Back to Lifelong Causes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- 1 2 Gage, Nicholas (1982-03-21). "THE PARADOXICAL PAPANDREOU". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
- ↑ "Douglas Chant - Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- ↑ "Η γυναίκα πίσω από την εξουσία". tovima.gr (in Greek). 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- ↑ Patakis, Stefanos (2024-07-04). "Papandreou, Margarita". Patakis Publishers. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ↑ "Margaret Chant Papandreou: Greek prime minister's wife". UPI. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ↑ Hendrix, Kathleen (1989-08-03). "After a Greek Tragedy: Her Life as a Political Wife Over, Margaret Papandreou Bounces Back to Lifelong Causes". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ↑ Thomas Jr., Landon (2011-07-12). "Family Differences, Global Issues". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-17.
- ↑ Andrew Gumbel (November 5, 1995). "profile; Dimitra Papandreou; Naked lust for power". The Independent on Sunday. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
- ↑ Archives, L. A. Times (1989-06-10). "Athens Court Grants Papandreou a Divorce From Wife of 38 Years". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ↑ Μουρελάτου, Μαρία (2023-10-01). "Ο αιώνας της Μαργαρίτας". In.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2023-10-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Η Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου έγινε 100 ετών -«Ένας αιώνας ζωής, δεκαετίες προσφοράς», η ανάρτηση του Γιώργου Παπανδρέου". Iefimerida.gr (in Greek). 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Smith, Helena (2012-12-03). "Ex-Greek PM's mother linked to $550m Swiss account". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
- ↑ "ΣΔΟΕ: Η Μαργαρίτα Παπανδρέου δεν βρίσκεται στη λίστα Λαγκάρντ". Skai. 2019-07-17. Archived from the original on 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
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