
Constantinos Stephanopoulos
Biography
Constantinos Stephanopoulos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Στεφανόπουλος; born on 15 August 1926), commonly known as Costis Stephanopoulos (Greek: Κωστής Στεφανόπουλος), has served as President of the Hellenic Republic from March 10, 1995 - March 12, 2005. On Friday, August 13, 2004, he is the first Head of State as President of the Hellenic Republic to declare open the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, Athens 2004, of the modern era in Athens, Greece. He was accompanied by the Adjutant to HE the President of the Hellenic Republic Colonel Georgios Dritsakos of the Hellenic Air Force. He died in the Henry Dunant Hospital in Athens, on 20 November 2016 at the age of 90. He has been hospitalized 2 days earlier, suffering from fever and severe respiratory difficulty, which later emerged as pneumonia.
Athens 2004: Olympic Closing Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Athens 2004: Olympic Opening Ceremony (Games of the XXVIII Olympiad)
Sofía of Spain
Jacques Rogge
Costas Karamanlis
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
Costas Simitis
Natasa Pazaiti
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Björk
Vladimir Putin
Queen Silvia of Sweden
Prince Albert II of Monaco
Anna Vissi