People from Chios Prefecture - People from Chios, Constantine Kanaris, Mikis Theodorakis, Andreas Papandreou, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Leo Allatius (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: People from Chios, Constantine Kanaris, Mikis Theodorakis, Andreas Papandreou, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Leo Allatius, Raghib Pasha, Ioannis Varvakis, George Colvocoresses, Nikephoros of Chios, Orazio Giustiniani, C. A. Trypanis, Benedetto I Zaccaria, Vincenzo Giustiniani, Stefan Fatsis, Stamatios Krimigis, George Sirian, Adamantios Vassilakis, Petros Molyviatis, Giovanni Giustiniani, Martino Zaccaria, Dimitrios Papanikolis, Stavros G. Livanos, Neophytos of Chios, Leonard of Chios, Euthymius III of Chios, Dimitris Varos, Patriarch Joachim IV of Constantinople, Stylianos Miliadis, Elpida Tsouri, Benedetto II Zaccaria, Adamantios Lemos, Patriarch Constantine V of Constantinople, John D. Chandris, Nikolis Apostolis, Neophytus Vamvas, Patriarch Joachim II of Constantinople, Benedetto Giustiniani. Excerpt: Mikis (Michael) Theodorakis (Greek: , pronounced ) (born July 29, 1925, Greek island of Chios) is one of the most popular Greek songwriters and composers. Internationally, he is probably best known for his songs and for his scores for the films Zorba the Greek (1964), Z (1969), and Serpico (1973). Politically, he identified with the left until the late 1980s; in 1989, he ran as an independent candidate within the centre-right New Democracy party in order for the country to come out of the political crisis that had been created due to the numerous scandals of the government of Andreas Papandreou and helped to establish a large coalition between conservatives, socialists and leftists. In 1990 he was elected to the parliament (as in 1964 and 1981), became a government minister under Constantine Mitsotakis, and fought against drugs and terrorism and for culture, education and better relations between Greece and Turkey. He continues to speak out in favor of left-liberal causes, War in Iraq, and Greek-Turkish-Cypriot relations. H...