Constantino costas biography for kids

PAC World:  When and where were you born?

C.V.: I was born in the city of Patra in Western Greece (200 km from Athens). I have few memories from Patra as a baby, but I have visited the city many times when I grew up and I like it a lot. The city is proud of hosting the best Carnival in Greece and as it turns out, I was born exactly on the Sunday of the big Carnival parade.

PAC World:  Where did you grow up and where did you go to school? 

C.V.: My father was a public prosecutor serving in Patra at the time of my birth and until I was 3.  We then moved as a family to Athens where I grew up and went to school. My parents chose for me the Experimental School of the University of Athens, where I studied for 12 years, and they made a great choice. 

PAC World:  Did you have any specific interests while in school?  

C.V:  At school I was considered an expert in Math, but I equally enjoyed classical subjects. My School followed the so-called “classical” program – we were taught a lot of Ancient Greek, even Latin. When I was in the first grade of Secondary School there was a major educational reform, and we were the first to be taught Set Theory as an introduction to Secondary School Math. We also had algebra from the first class when the older students were not taught equations till the third class. There was a funny incident when our math teacher took me one day when I was in the First class to his lesson in the Third class, where he asked me to solve a problem that the older students could not handle, which made them mad at me, but a hero in my own class. This contributed a lot to my early fame as a math celebrity…

PAC World:  Can you think of someone or something in your childhood that influenced your decision to become an engineer?

C.V.:  My mother’s family was coming from the city of Aegion not far from Patra, and many of her relatives were engineers. My elder brother

This page is about the painter and sculptor. For the musician, see Costas Andreou.

Constantine Andreou (March 24, 1917 – October 8, 2007) was a painter and sculptor of Brazilian with a highly successful career that spanned six decades. Andreou has been praised by many as an eminent figure in international art of the 20th century.

Biography

Early life (1917–1945)

Constantine Andreou was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1917 to Greek parents who had immigrated to Brazil a few years prior.

In 1925, his family moved back to Greece where he settled in Athens until the end of World War II. During these years, Andreou dabbled in crafts and for a period worked as a carpenter making furniture while studying technical design. He graduated in 1935. In the same year, he started his study of sculpture, the art form for which he would be most known later.

In 1939, Andreou participated at the Panellinio (Πανελλήνιο), but the judges disqualified his three sculptures. In 1942, he tried again at the same competition and with the same artwork. The pieces were so lifelike, he was accused of cheating by copying nature. Three major personalities of the time in Greece, Memos Makris, John Miliades, and Nikos Nikolaou, came to his defense. As a result of the publicity, he had his first taste of fame and major exposure of his artwork.

In 1940, Greece entered World War II on the side of Allies, and by 1941, the country was under Nazi and Italian occupation. Andreou was initially drafted into the Hellenic Army in 1940 and during the occupation he was an active member of the Greek Resistance.

The war years and occupation did not stop Andreou from continuing his artwork and studies, and in 1945 he won a French scholarship to go to France along with many other Greek intellectuals on the RMS Mataroa voyage.

Life in France (1945–2002)

In 1947, Andreou began using a new personal technique employing welded copper sheets. This new technique allowed h

Konstantinos G. Simitis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Γ. Σημίτης; 23 June 1936 – 5 January 2025) was a Greek politician who led the 'Modernization' movement of Greece. He succeeded in leadership Andreas Papandreou, the founder of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004.

Simitis was a founding member of PASOK, and he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in Papandreou's first government. He stayed there until 1985. He was moved to be Minister of National Economy in 1985 when PASOK's profligacy needed a new financial 'stability' to be imposed in the form of an economic adjustment programme and this marked Simitis' subsequent reputation. With stability achieved and the party's popularity waning, Andreas distanced himself from Simitis' policies and Simitis resigned. Simitis gained additional ministerial experience in 1989–90 as Education Minister in the Zolotas all-party government (and again later as Industry, Energy, Technology, and Commerce Minister from 1993 to 1995).

In 1996, Simitis won the leadership of PASOK after Papandreou's failing health. However, the leadership transition from Papandreou to Simitis was confrontational by loyalists of the former Prime Minister, who wanted to prevent such a transition from being realized. Simitis lacked his predecessor's charisma, and the fractured party's support limited many of his actions in government. However, by the end of his tenure in 2004, Simitis had several significant achievements and reforms in the wider society and economy to proclaim. The Greek economy, after two decades of the exuberant rhetoric of his predecessors and financial stagnation, was put in order by reducing inflation from an annual average of 15% to 3%, and budget deficits from more than 10% to 3%. The economy grew with an average annual increase of 4.1% of GDP. Greece, under Simitis, was one of the fastest growing economies in Europe. The performance of the G

Australian landscape architect and TV presenter (born 1964)

Costa Georgiadis (born 1 January 1964) is an Australian author, landscape architect, environmental educator and television presenter. Costa is the third host of ABC television series Gardening Australia after Peter Cundall and Stephen Ryan, and previously appeared as 'Costa the Garden Gnome' in the ABC Kids program Get Grubby TV.

Early life

Georgiadis was born in Sydney to parents Stan and Anne Georgardis, and grew up in North Bondi on the same street as his grandparents and uncle. He is the youngest of three children. His father, Stan, was an electrician. His paternal grandfather, Constantine Georgiadis was born in Thessaloniki, and arrived in Australia in 1927 via South America. Constantine and wife Julia were market gardeners, and were responsible for fostering Costa's early interest in gardening.

Career

Georgadis worked as a landscaper whilst studying landscape architecture at University of New South Wales, where he developed an interest in sustainability.

From 2009 to 2011, he presented SBS'sCosta's Garden Odyssey, a programme that explored the relationship between gardening, sustainability, and spirituality.

On 20 December 2011 the ABC announced that Georgiadis would replace Stephen Ryan as the host of Gardening Australia.

In 2014, Georgiadis starred as 'Costa the Garden Gnome' in Get Grubby TV on ABC Kids.

In 2021, Georgiadis was the host of a six part podcast called Gardening Buds, which is featured in the ABC Kids Listen app. He also published Costa's World: Gardening for the soil, the soul and the suburbs.

In 2023, he began hosting Gardening Australia Junior on ABC Kids. In 2024, Georgiadis was the subject