George A. Papandreou graduated from Amherst College and holds an M.Sc. in Sociology and Development from London School of Economics. He was a fellow at Harvard University's Center for International Affairs (1992-1993) and is currently a visiting fellow at the Harvard Insitute of Politics. An MP since 1981, he has served in several government posts, as undersecretary of Culture and Minister of Education, before becoming Foreign Minister from 1999-2004.
He is Vice Chairperson of the International Olympic Truce Foundation, an institution he actively promoted when the city of Athens was awarded the 2004 Olympic Games. An active supporter of the information society and e-democracy, in 2003 Papandreou was selected as one of the "25 People Who are Changing the World of Internet Politics".
Papandreou was unanimously re-elected as President of the Socialist International in August 2012, a position he holds since 2006.