Giannos Kranidiotis (

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: Γιάννος Κρανιδιώτης; September 25, 1947, Nicosia,

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— September 14, 1999,

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) was a

diplomat and politician. Son of the Cypriot diplomat, poet, and writer Nikos Kranidiotis, he studied

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

at the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

and continued with postgraduate studies in

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

at Harvard and Sussex University. Member of the Panhellenic Socialist Party (PASOK) from 1976, he was an advisor on the Cyprus dispute to prime minister

Andreas Papandreou Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, ...

from 1981 to 1984. He held a number of important posts at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: secretary of European affairs (1984–1989), deputy foreign minister (July 8, 1994–January 1995 and from February 3, 1997), and alternate foreign minister (February 19, 1999 until his death). Kranidiotis also served as a

Member of the European Parliament A Member of the European Parliament (MEP) is a person who has been elected to serve as a popular representative in the European Parliament. When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the ECSC) first met in 1952, its ...

(1995–1997) and was elected a member of PASOK's Central Committee in March 1999. He held an

honorary doctorate An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases ''honoris causa'' ("for the sake of the honour") or ''ad hon ...

from the

Democritus University of Thrace The Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH; el, Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης), established in July 1973, is based in Komotini, Greece and has campuses in the Thracian cities of Xanthi, Komotini, Alexandroupoli and O ...

. Kranidiotis, his son Nikolas, and four other people died aboard the presidential

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airplane on their way to a six-nation Balkan foreign ministers' regional cooperation meeting in

. Twenty minutes before its landing in

the plane lost altitude and suffered severe in-flight pitch oscillations killing 7 and injuring 4 of its passengers.

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Alternate FM Kranidiotis, 5 others die in airplane accident
(Athens News Agency, 15 September 1999) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kranidiotis, Giannos 1947 births 1999 deaths People from Nicosia National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni Harvard University alumni Cypriot socialists Greek Cypriot people PASOK politicians Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Romania Alumni of the University of Sussex