New Democracy, a right-of-centre party led by ConstantineKaramanlis, an untested young leader (and nephew of the late president of the same name), is still struggling to get his party under control.
Other former leaders of their countries to pass away included ConstantineKaramanlis, who was president as Greece restored democracy in 1974, and Todor Zhivkov, who ruled communist Bulgaria for 35 years until 1989.