People
Dimitrios Kotsonaros
Host of François Mitterrand in 1991
Man from Myloi who met François Mitterrand in Paris in 1966 and stayed his friend. In December 1991 the French president spent Christmas in his house in Myloi.
Also written: Δημήτριος Κωτσονάρος, Dimitris Kotsonaros, Δημήτρης Κωτσονάρος
Events
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1966
A man from Myloi meets Mitterrand in Paris
In 1966 Dimitrios Kotsonaros from Myloi, then 23, did his military service at a NATO office in Paris because he spoke French. Through friends he met the politician François Mitterrand, and they stayed friends for…
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23 December 1991
President Mitterrand arrives for Christmas
On the evening of 23 December 1991 a French government plane landed at Kalamata at 20:39, and a few hire cars drove through the night to Myloi. François Mitterrand had chosen the simple village house of his friend…
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27 December 1991
Mitterrand leaves, with a gift for Argos
On 27 December 1991 at 16:29 Mitterrand flew from Kalamata back to Paris. He left his host a signature and 10,000 francs for a good cause, which Kotsonaros gave to the old people's home in Argos.