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(1975–1980); President of Greece (1975–1980); Minister of Culture and Sciences of Greece (1974–1974); member of the Hellenic Parliament (1974–1975); Minister of Justice of Greece (1967–1967)."},{"q":"Where did Konstantinos Tsatsos study?","a":"Konstantinos Tsatsos was educated at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Heidelberg University, Varvakeion High School."}],"related":[{"name":"Karolos Papoulias","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/karolos-papoulias"},{"name":"Georgios Papadopoulos","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/georgios-papadopoulos"},{"name":"Konstantinos Karamanlis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/konstantinos-karamanlis"},{"name":"Christos Sartzetakis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/christos-sartzetakis"},{"name":"Phaedon Gizikis","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/phaedon-gizikis"},{"name":"Michail 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