Menios Koutsogiorgas

Who is Menios Koutsogiorgas?

Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas, commonly known as Menios Koutsogiorgas, was a Greek lawyer and politician. As a close associate of Andreas Papandreou, the founder and leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement, Koutsogiorgas emerged as the most powerful cabinet member during PASOK's 1981–1989 government, and was widely regarded as Papandreou's heir apparent. Embroiled in the George Koskotas scandal however, he was brought before a Special Tribunal. During the procedure he collapsed in the court room on 11 April 1991 and died a week later.