Friday, June 24, 2011

The Papandreous: Greece's first family




















One family has dominated Greek politics for more than half a century: the Papandreous.


A George Papandreou was in charge in the 1960s at a time of constitutional upheaval. And a George Papandreou rules now amid a financial crisis that threatens the nation with ruin.

The current prime minister's father, Andreas Papandreou, and his namesake grandfather were larger-than-life leaders credited as reformist architects of modern Greece but also blamed by many for the country's mountain of debt.
 
Associated Press