Giannis latsios biography sample

It was June 1990 when the northern Greek entrepreneurs, brothers Nikolaos and Leonidas Papageorgiou, rushed to the Maximos Mansion and announced to then-Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis their donation of $30 million to the state for the construction of a large modern hospital in Western Thessaloniki. The meeting, of course, went splendidly, but it also held a surprise for the donors from Mitsotakis: “Gentlemen, if you want to see it completed, enjoy it, and take pride in it, then build it yourselves,” he told them.

They listened and decided to proceed, realizing that despite the challenges of the project they envisioned, they would have a Prime Minister who was as sincere as he was determined to support them. This meeting gave birth to a great hospital. As Kyriakos Mitsotakis mentioned many years later, in his eulogy for Nikolaos Papageorgiou in July 2022, “My father knew well the Greek shortcomings and the limited capacity of public funds. His conversation partner understood this and took on the responsibility of getting personally involved in realizing his dream.”

The government at the time ensured unprecedented procedures for the rapid licensing, construction, and supply of equipment. The foundation stone was laid in September 1993 by Konstantinos Mitsotakis. The co