Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas; Ex-Greek Official Faced Trial
The former deputy prime minister of Greece, Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas, who is one of the main defendants in a $210-million corruption trial, has died. He was 68.
Koutsogiorgas, who served under former Socialist Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, died Thursday after suffering a stroke at his trial April 13 and a massive coronary, a family member said.
The trial, which began March 11, was adjourned until Monday, when the special court will decide whether to continue.
Koutsogiorgas was Papandreou’s legal adviser and ranking minister in his Socialist administration that governed from 1981-89.
A wealthy lawyer and a shrewd political maneuverer from southern Greece, Koutsogiorgas helped propel Papandreou to the premiership after seven years in the opposition.
After the Socialist government’s defeat at the polls in June, 1989, Koutsogiorgas, along with Papandreou and three other former ministers, was charged by Parliament with corruption and attempted cover-up of the multimillion-dollar embezzlement of the privately owned Bank of Crete.
Koutsogiorgas is survived by his wife, Aliki, two sons and a daughter.
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