Karamanlis retired in 1995, at the age of 88, having won 5 parliamentary elections, and having spent 14 years as Prime Minister, 10 years as President of the Republic, and a total of more than sixty years in active politics.
När Karamanlis slutligen drog sig tillbaka 1995, 88 år gammal, hade han vunnit fem parlamentsval, varit premiärminister i 14 år, president i 10 och aktiv politiker i mer än 60 år.