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xxx • CHRONOLOGY<br />

1980 Karamanlis resigns from the premiership and becomes president<br />

of the republic. George Rallis becomes prime minister.<br />

1981 Greece enters the EC. 18 October: The Panhellenic Socialist<br />

Movement of Andreas Papandreou wins in a landslide national election.<br />

1983 The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, recognized only by<br />

Turkey, is proclaimed.<br />

1984 Konstantinos Mitsotakis is elected leader of the New Democracy<br />

Party, succeeding Evangelos Averoff.<br />

1985 Resignation of Karamanlis and election of Christos Sartzetakis<br />

as president. 2 June: The Panhellenic Socialist Movement wins the<br />

election.<br />

1986 In the municipal elections, New Democracy wins in Greece’s<br />

three major cities, including Athens.<br />

1987 Greece and Albania formally put an end to the 47-year “state of<br />

war” between them. A crisis develops between Greece and Turkey over<br />

oil-drilling rights in Aegean waters.<br />

1988 Prime Ministers Papandreou of Greece and Turgut Özal of Turkey<br />

meet in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss Greek–Turkish relations.<br />

1989 18 June: Papandreou loses the elections and is ousted from<br />

power. The inconclusive results lead to an unprecedented coalition<br />

government under New Democracy deputy Tzannis Tzanetakis with<br />

the support of the Communist Party of Greece. 5 November: New Democracy<br />

comes first in elections but fails to win a majority. An all-party<br />

government is formed under banker Xenophon Zolotas.<br />

1990 8 April: New Democracy, under Mitsotakis, wins the national<br />

election with a marginal parliamentary majority. Karamanlis becomes<br />

president of the republic.<br />

1991 8 September: The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<br />

(FYROM) declares its independence. The foreign ministers of the EC<br />

decide that, before granting recognition to FYROM, the country should<br />

“adopt constitutional and political guarantees ensuring that it has no<br />

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