Talk:Lucas Papademos

Member of Trilateral Commission
According to the relevant article "...Trilateral Commission bylaws exclude persons holding public office from membership..."

So if he's appointed Greece's PM, would he lose his membership automatically, or should he resign his membership or what? Does anyone know? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.68.122.29 (talk) 13:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

English spelling
Shouldn't Λουκάς Παπαδήμος be transliterated as Loukas Papadimos? Sdoerr (talk) 10:22, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, it should, according to UN/ELOT Romanization of Greek.--Nil Blau (talk) 02:05, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If Γεώργιος Παπανδρέου is called George in English, then surely Λουκάς Παπαδήμος should be called Lucas. BartBassist (talk) 10:07, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * That'd be Luke. -- f s  17:18, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. No one knows "Loukas Papadimos". --bender235 (talk) 10:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * In modern Greek, everyone says [luˈkas papaˈðimos]. You should learn Modern Greek before saying that 'No one knows "Loukas Papadimos"'. Google "Loukas Papadimos" and you'll see that this written form exists in Englis use, simply because: 1º it's the official UN/ELOT romanization, 2º it's the only way this name is pronounced and heard in Modern Greek. Concerning Georgios/George Papandreou, Wikipedia mentions both forms. So there is not any reason to supress Loukas Papadimos. Both forms should be mentioned: Loukas Papadimos (Greek use and English use) and Lucas Papademos (anglicized).--Nil Blau (talk) 10:25, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * You need to realize that sometimes even incorrect transliterations stuck. Like Vitali Klitschko, which actually should've been Vitaliy Klychko. But it isn't. Please read WP:COMMONNAME. --bender235 (talk) 10:31, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Deleting an exact and realiable information (Loukas Papadimos as an existing form in English use) is an infringemnt of Wikipedia's policy.--Nil Blau (talk) 10:30, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * No, it is not. You're violating WP:BRD. --bender235 (talk) 10:31, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * You are violating WP's policy, I'm not. Look, in any case, do what you want. I won't loose my time with a uneducated and rude person like you.--Nil Blau (talk) 10:36, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, all personal already? Just for the heck of it: "Lucas Papademos" vs. "Loukas Papadimos". Pretty clear in my eyes. --bender235 (talk) 10:39, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Well If I had a say in this ( being Greek ) I think that the correct romanization would be Loukás Papaðímos.

CV link
The link to his CV is broken. I don't know of an equivalent location 86.151.246.207 (talk) 15:12, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

File:Loukas Papademos ECOFIN 2007.png Nominated for Deletion
There are pictures of two different people labelled Lucas Papademos. The one in the upper left is a picture of Antonis Samaris. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.170.74.238 (talk) 17:12, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Appointed PM, by WHOM?
He certainly wasn't democratically elected to the position. All of the articles simply read that he was "named" as prime minister, as if being "named" something is all it takes to run an entire nation. No article I've seen answers the critical question: by whom was he named? Some say "Greece" named him, others say "party leaders", but not a single article I've seen specifies which individual(s) "named" him. Isn't this the very definition a shadow government? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lenschulwitz (talk • contribs) 23:37, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Answer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thrasimachos (talk • contribs) 01:10, 11 November 2011 (UTC) The prime minister was proposed by the party leaders but can only be appointed by the president of democracy in this case Carolos Papoulias, then the parliament has to provide a confidence vote to the new PM and to the new government. If you want you can read the part on the Greek constitution (there's an on line edition if you google it in English too I think) where it is explained in details how a PM is appointed. But the general idea is that after elections the party that comes first in votes, proposes a P,M the president appoints him and the parliament has to give the confidence vote to the new PM and the government. In this case were we have a coalition government consisting of three parties, they all came to the conclusion of proposing mr Papademos and then the same procedure takes place.

A more honest answer

Troika (ecb, imf and eu) installed him as prime minister so as to implement PSI

Ethnicity / nationality
Is he jewish ? and how can a non citizen work at the Rederal Reserve Bank of the USA? Isn't this against national Interest ? Could't they find an Amerian Citizen who could do the job ? I'm sure they could if they looked hard enough. Just asking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 114.230.167.42 (talk) 03:38, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * I believe he is Martian. I have some highly reliable sources, which I'll soon reveal. -The Gnome (talk) 11:28, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

"coming from"
what does this mean: "born in Athens, coming from Desphina, Phocis on 11 October 1947"? --173.176.62.183 (talk) 23:03, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Maximos Mansion is not a residence
The Maximos Mansion (Greek: Μέγαρο Μαξίμου) is, as of 1982, the official seat of the Prime Minister of Greece. It is located in downtown Athens, Greece, near Syntagma Square. Although the building shelters the offices of the Head of the Greek Government, it is not used as the residence of the Prime Minister. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trek qo (talk • contribs) 12:34, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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