Margarita Papandreou has died at the age of 103. She was an author and the second wife of former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou from 1951 to 1989.

She and Andreas Papandreou had four children: George, Sofia, Nikos and Andrikos Papandreou.

Born on 30 September 1923, she would have turned 103 in a few days.

She founded the Women’s Union of Greece (EGE) and served as its president for eight years. She was actively involved in women’s issues and peace-related issues. She was also the author of numerous articles and books.

She was born in Oak Park, Illinois, USA, on 30 September 1923, the eldest of five sisters. She initially studied journalism and subsequently completed a master’s degree in Public Health at the University of Minnesota, where she met her future husband, Andreas Papandreou, in 1947. They initially lived in Minnesota and later in California, where Andreas Papandreou was chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Berkeley and a close friend of future California governor Pat Brown. They married in a civil ceremony on 30 August 1951 in Reno.