University of Athens

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Formation	1837
Headquarters	Athens,Greece
Type	Public
An integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece.

It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean. Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is an integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition.

Notable alumni

Heads of state or government

• Nicos Anastasiades (b. 1946), President of Cyprus (since 2013)
• Constantine II (b. 1940), King of the Hellenes (1964–1973)
• Panagiotis Kanellopoulos (1902–1986), Prime Minister of Greece (1945; 1967)
• Konstantinos Karamanlis (1907–1998), President of Greece (1980–1985; 1990–1995) and Prime Minister of Greece (1955–1958; 1958–1961; 1961–1963; 1974–1980)
• Kostas Karamanlis (b. 1956), Prime Minister of Greece (2004–2009)
• Spyros Markezinis (1909–2000), Prime Minister of Greece (1973)
• Konstantinos Mitsotakis (b. 1918), Prime Minister of Greece (1990–1993)
• Alexandros Papanastasiou (1876–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1924; 1932)
• Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), Prime Minister of Greece (1981–1989; 1993–1996)
• Georgios Papandreou (1888–1968), Prime Minister of Greece (1944–1945; 1963; 1964–1965)
• Karolos Papoulias (b. 1929), President of Greece (2005–2015)
• Georgios Rallis (1918–2006), Prime Minister of Greece (1980–1981)
• Ioannis Rallis (1878–1946), Prime Minister of Greece (1943–1944)
• Michail Stasinopoulos (1903–2002), President of Greece (1974–1975)
• Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou (b. 1950), Prime Minister of Greece (2015) and President of the Court of Cassation (since 2015)
• Charilaos Trikoupis (1832–1896), Prime Minister of Greece (1875; 1878; 1880; 1882–1885; 1886–1890; 1892–1893; 1893–1895)
• Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899–1987), President of Greece (1975–1980)
• Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Prime Minister of Greece (1910–1915; 1915; 1917–1920; 1924; 1928–1932; 1932; 1933) and Prime Minister of the Cretan State (1910)
• Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Prime Minister of Greece (1989–1990) and Governor of the Bank of Greece (1944–1945; 1955–1967; 1974–1981)

Politics and government

Greece

• Panagiotis Adraktas (b. 1948), New Democracy MP
• Georgios Alogoskoufis (b. 1955), Minister of the Economy and Finance (2004–2008)
• Sia Anagnostopoulou (b. 1959), Alternate Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
• Dora Bakoyannis (b. 1954), Minister for Foreign Affairs (2006–2009) and Mayor of Athens (2003–2006)
• Thodoris Dritsas (b. 1947), Minister of Shipping and Island Policy (since 2015)
• Nikos Filis (b. 1960), Minister of Education, Research and Religious Affairs (since 2015)
• Fofi Gennimata (b. 1964), President of PASOK (since 2015)
• Giorgos Kaminis (b. 1954), Mayor of Athens (since 2010)
• Georgios Katrougalos (b. 1963), Minister of Labour, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity (since 2015)
• Giorgos Stathakis (b. 1953), Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism (since 2015)

World

• Kyriakos Mavronikolas (b. 1955), Cypriot Minister of Defence (2003–2006)
• Sotos Zackheos (b. 1950), Special Envoy of the President of Cyprus to Russia (since 2013)