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John Pappageorge (John George Pappageorge) was born on 19 July, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is an American politician. Discover John Pappageorge's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

Popular As John George Pappageorge
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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July, 1931
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Helen Pappageorge (m. 1958, d. 1993) Christina Burnard (m. 1997)

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1931

John George Pappageorge (born July 19, 1931) is a former member of the Michigan State Senate.

John Pappageorge was born to a Greek family on the east side of Detroit, Michigan.

Pappageorge entered the United States Army after graduating from high school in Detroit, enrolling in the United States Military Academy at West Point.

1954

From West Point he received a B.S. in engineering in 1954.

1971

He later obtained a M.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland in 1971 and attended the U.S. Army War College in 1973.

Pappageorge served 30 years of active duty in the Infantry, including two combat tours in Vietnam.

During the second tour, he served as a battalion commander.

There he was highly decorated, including receiving the Distinguished Service Medal, Superior Service Medal, four Legions of Merit, the Bronze Star, nine Air Medals, the Combat Infantryman Badge, and the Vietnam Gallantry Cross.

He is also Airborne, Ranger, and Pathfinder qualified.

While in the Army, Pappageorge served as Special Assistant to General Alexander Haig, who was then the Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (CinCUSEUR) and Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) (and later U.S. Secretary of State).

Pappageorge conducted shuttle diplomacy between Greece and Turkey that returned Greek forces to NATO's integrated military structure.

1981

He spent his last four years in the Army, 1981–1984, as a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Council.

1984

He retired as a colonel in 1984, settling in Troy, Michigan in Oakland County.

After retirement from the Army, Pappageorge became Director of Business and Strategic Planning at General Dynamics Land Systems Division.

1989

From 1989 to 1992, Pappageorge served as an Oakland county commissioner.

1992

He was the Republican candidate for Congress in Michigan's 12th congressional district in 1992, 1994, and 1996.

In 1992, he ran for the United States House of Representatives against Sander Levin.

This was the first serious Republican opposition against Levin, after his congressional district absorbed a Republican-leaning spur of Oakland County in redistricting.

Levin won by 7%.

1993

She died in 1993 of pancreatic cancer.

1994

Pappageorge ran against Levin for the second time in 1994, this time managing to pull within 5%, despite being outspent more than 3-to-1.

Pappageorge benefitted from Newt Gingrich's Contract with America and the 1994 Republican Revolution.

In his third consecutive run against Levin, he was not able to shore up as much support, losing 57.4%-40.5%.

1995

In 1995, he served as First Vice-Chair of the Republican Party of Michigan.

Pappageorge was married for thirty-five years to his first wife, Helen.

1997

He married Cristina Burnard (now Cristina Pappageorge) in 1997.

Pappageorge has a son and two daughters.

His son George is an Army reserve Lieutenant Colonel who has served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

1998

In 1998, he ran for the Michigan State House 41st District seat, which then encompassed southern Troy, Clawson and northern Royal Oak in Oakland County.

He defeated Troy City Councilmember Matt Pryor in the Republican Primary.

He went on to defeat Democrat David Richards in the November general election.

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1999

Pappageorge served in the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1999 to 2004, when he retired due to term limits.

He spent four years on the House Appropriations Committee, and served his final two years as Chair of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and as a member of the Employment Relations, Training and Safety Committee, the Judiciary Committee, the Senior Health, Security, and Retirement Committee, and the Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security Committee.

2000

In 2000, he was re-elected facing nominal opposition with no primary challengers.

2002

He was again re-elected again to his final term under term-limits in 2002 in the newly created 41st District (through decennial redistricting), a district which composed roughly the same area.

He faced nominal opposition and no primary challengers.

2004

In 2004, Pappageorge was quoted in the Detroit Free Press as saying "If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we're going to have a tough time in this election cycle."

The New York Times cited this comment in an editorial on the "suppression of minority votes."

Detroit's population is more than 80 percent African American, and tends to vote heavily Democratic.