The only Greek politician whom they called by his first name To friends and foes alike, he was a multifaceted figure and a political phenomenon full of twists and turns, contradictions, and changes. Andreas Papandreou founded PASOK in 1974 defying his father's old party.
He burst onto the political scene during the turbulent 1960s, leaving behind a brilliant academic career in the United States.
He came to Greece as an internationally renowned economist, a moderate reformer, who became a radical politician and emerged as a political leader, a visionary but also a deeply human man, right up until the end of his life.
Watch the documentary which had been created by NEWS 24/7 marking the twentieth anniversary of his death.
