{"id":16554,"date":"2022-03-11T14:11:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/?page_id=16554"},"modified":"2022-05-26T22:58:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T19:58:29","slug":"tasos-kriekoukis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/speakers-2022\/tasos-kriekoukis\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasos Kriekoukis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16554\" class=\"elementor elementor-16554\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4571740 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4571740\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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https:\/\/rgc.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/rgcpic-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width:767px) 450px, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a30487\" data-id=\"5a30487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c61b95b animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c61b95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ambassador Tasos Kriekoukis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1636650 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1636650\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Diplomatic Advisor to the Mayor of Athens, City of Athens<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1c2cec animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1c2cec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Born in Athens, Greece, on March 14, 1948<\/p><ul><li>1971: Graduate of the Law School, Athens University<\/li><li>1971: Post-graduate seminars at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.<\/li><li>1976: Post-graduate seminars, Institut International d\u2019 Administration Publique, Paris<\/li><li>1972-1974: Served in the Hellenic Navy with the rank of Ensign<\/li><li>1974: Member of the Bar of Athens<\/li><li>1974: Joined the Diplomatic Service in November<\/li><li>1974\u20131976 : Embassy Attach\u00e9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens<br \/>(Office of the Director General of Political Affairs)<\/li><li>1976\u20131980 : Secretary of Embassy, Paris, France<\/li><li>1980\u20131984 : Consul of Greece, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Head of Mission)<\/li><li>1984\u20131989 : Consul General of Greece, Dortmund, Germany<\/li><\/ul><p>Promoted Counsellor of Embassy<\/p><ul><li>1989\u20131991 : Counsellor of Embassy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens<\/li><\/ul><p>(Head of Latin America Department)<\/p><ul><li>1991\u20131995 : Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union<br \/>1994. Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary, Second Class<\/li><li>1995\u20131999: First Ambassador of Greece in Georgia<\/li><li>1999: Promoted to the grade of Minister Plenipotentiary, First Class<\/li><li>1999-2002 : Director for European External Affairs,<br \/>Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens<\/li><li>2002-2006 : Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations and other<\/li><\/ul><p>International Organizations in Geneva.<br \/>Elected President of the United Nations Security Council Compensation<br \/>Commission for the War in Iraq<\/p><ul><li>2005: Promoted to the grade of Full Ambassador<\/li><li>2006-2007 Chief of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Athens.<\/li><li>2007-2010 Ambassador of Greece in the Federal Republic of Germany<\/li><li>2010 Retired with the title of Ambassador i.h.<\/li><\/ul><p>Orders &amp; Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece)<br \/>Grand Officer of the Order of Merit ( Federal Republic of Germany )<br \/>Distinctions: Grand Cross in gold of the Order of Merit (Austria)<br \/>Grand Cross of the Order of Merit (Spain)<br \/>Grand Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark)<br \/>Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix ( Greece )<br \/>Commander of the Order of the Falk (Iceland)<br \/>Knight of the Legion of Honour (France)<br \/>Knight of Merit (France)<br \/>Honorary Citizen of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)<br \/>Languages: English, French, German,Portuguese and Italian.<br \/>Publications: Essays on legal issues and various articles on music, literature and painting.<br \/>President of the Friends of the Gennadeios Library (2014-2020)<br \/>Honorary professor, Tbilissi State University ( since June 2018 )<br \/>Overseer of the Gennadeios Library since October 2020<br \/>Member of the Board of the Ilias Lalaounis Jewelry Museum.<br \/>Since 1 of September 2019 Diplomatic Advisor to the Mayor of Athens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06b2162 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06b2162\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f95f510\" data-id=\"f95f510\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8660c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e8660c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet our Speakers Ambassador Tasos Kriekoukis Diplomatic Advisor to the Mayor of Athens, City of Athens Born in Athens, Greece, on March 14, 1948 1971: Graduate<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":11921,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16554","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16554\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rgc.gr\/gr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}