antonis_samaras | successor | konstantinos_mitsotakis <sep> antonis samaras (greek: αντώνης σαμαράς, pronounced [anˈdonis samaˈɾas]; born 23 may 1951) is a greek politician who served as 14th prime minister of greece from 2012 to 2015 a member of the new democracy party, he was its president from 2009 until 2015 samaras started his national political career as minister of finance in 1989; he served as minister of foreign affairs from 1989 to 1992 (with a brief interruption in 1990) and minister of culture in 2009 samaras was previously best known for a 1993 controversy in which he effectively caused the new democracy government, of which he was a member, to fall from power in spite of this, he rejoined the party in 2004 and was elected to its leadership in a closely fought intra-party election in late 2009 
konstantinos mitsotakis was the successor to antonis samaras.no information