The ''Konstantinos Karamanlis'' Institute for Democracy ( el, Ινστιτούτο Δημοκρατίας «Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής») is the official

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of the

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conservative Nea Demokratia (Greece)(ND) party, and named after the party's founder,

Konstantinos Karamanlis Konstantinos G. Karamanlis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Καραμανλής, ; 8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998), commonly anglicised to Constantine Karamanlis or just Caramanlis, was a four-time prime minister and twice as the president of ...

. It was founded in

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in January 1998 with the aim of promoting the principles of

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and the

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in the context of a modern

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. It is structured in five departments (International Cooperation, Publications, Events, Research and Political Academy). It is a member of the Wilfried Martens Centre (think tank), the official foundation/think tank of the European People's Party.

Current structure

Source: ;Chairman * Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou ;Director General *Konstantina E. Botsiou ;Secretary *Zetta Makri ;Treasurer *Demosthenis Anagnostopoulos ;Board Members *Alivizatos Petros *Ioannidis Georgios *Karloutsos Michael *Balerbas Athanasios *Nakou Vasiliki *Papagelopoulos Demitrios *Papanastasiou (Mata) Stamatia *Papastavrou Alexios *Stefanakis Georgios *Sofronis Georgios

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External links

Official webpage
Think tanks based in Greece New Democracy (Greece) Political and economic think tanks based in the European Union 1998 establishments in Greece Think tanks established in 1998 Konstantinos Karamanlis