The previous prime minister, Costas Simitis, died within the early hours of the morning in Greece, on the age of eighty-eight.
Kostas Simitis was transferred, and not using a pulse, at daybreak to the Corinth Hospital, from his vacation residence in Agioi Theodorou. He was pronounced lifeless on arrival on the hospital.
Costas Simitis was Prime Minister of Greece from January 1996 to March 2004. He succeeded Andreas Papandreou. He was additionally the Minister of Nationwide Economic system, Commerce, Trade, Schooling and Agriculture.
Throughout his prime ministership, Cyprus' accession course of to the European Union was deliberate and accomplished.
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