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[[Image:GiorgosPapandreou.jpg|thumb|230px|George Papandreou]]
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[[Image:GiorgosPapandreou.jpg|thumb|230px|George Papandreou]]
''For George Papandreou's grandfather, also called '''George Papandreou''', see [[George Papandreou, senior]].''
==Background==
Papandreou was born in St Paul, Minnesota, in the United States, where his father, [[Andreas Papandreou]], then held a university post. His mother is American-born Margaret Papandreou, nee Chant. He was educated at schools in Toronto Canada, at Amherst College in Massachusetts, Stockholm University, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and finally at Harvard University. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Sociology]] from Amhest College (USA, [[1970]]-[[1975]]) and a Master's degree in Sociology (Sociology of Development) from the LSE (United Kingdom, [[1976]]-[[1977]]). He was a researcher in immigration issues at Stockholm University (Sweden) [[1972]]-[[1973]]). He was also a Fellow (CFIA) of the Foreign Relations Centre of the Harvard University in ([[1992]]-[[1993]]). Apart from [[Greek language|Greek]] and English he is also fluent in Swedish.