Former foreign minister Theodoros Pangalos dies

Theodoros Pangalos, a former foreign minister with Socialist PASOK in the 1990s, died on Wednesday, aged 84. The news was announced by his family on his Twitter account. 

"Our beloved Theodoros Pangalos died today peacefully at home with his family and close associates by his side. Have a good journey our beloved. We will always remember you with love," the tweet said. 

Former socialist premier Kostas Simitis said Pangalos was a "strict judge of political developments with the aim of achieving a complete and accurate picture of them."

"We will always remember his contribution," he added.

Pangalos was born on 17 August 1938 in the town of Elefsina, in west Attica. He is the grandson of General and 1926 dictator Theodoros Pangalos.

He was member of the left-wing Lambrakis Youth and, in 1964, a candidate for the Hellenic Parliament with the United...