List of permanent representatives of Greece to NATO


The Permanent Representative of Greece to NATO is the Permanent Representative of the Greek government to the North Atlantic Council.
Diplomatic accreditationPermanent RepresentativeGreek languageObservationsPrime Minister of GreeceTerm end
Panagiotis Pipinelis:el:Παναγιώτης ΠιπινέληςAlexandros Papagos
Georgios ExintarisΓεώργιος Εξηντάρης
  • was a Greek politician and diplomat who also served as minister.
  • He studied Law at the University of Paris.
  • From 1915 he began a career in the Diplomatic Corps.
  • In 1920 he was placed at the embassy in Istanbul, but in the same year he resigned because he was elected a member of Thrace.
  • In 1924-1925 he was chairman of the Greek-Turkish Population Exchange Committee.
  • In 1926 he was elected deputy of Kavala and in 1932, 1933 and 1936 MP Rodopi.
  • In 1928 he was Minister of Agriculture and in 1933 Minister of Northern Greece.
  • After 1944 he was a representative of Greece in the Advisory Committee on Italian Affairs.
  • In 1950 he was CEO of the liberal Athens newspaper Vima.
  • In 1950 he became Greek ambassador to Italy.
  • In 1952 he was again elected Member of Parliament and appointed as Permanent Representative of Greece to NATO, while at the same time he was a minister without a portfolio in the Papagos and Karamanlis governments.
Alexandros Papagos
Michail MelasΜιχαήλ Μελάς
  • In 1939 he was first secretary in Paris.
  • In 1962 he became Greek ambassador to the United Kingdom.
  • Greek military junta of 1967–1974 For many of the local heads of mission, the monarchs and their sovereigns from their homeland were a delicate problem, even a mortal danger for the one: Michel Melas, the Greek ambassador, is in the hospital with a heart attack, which he suffered, as in front of the hotel, where Queen Friederike lived, was demonstrated because of held in Greece political prisoners.
  • 1967: At a meeting of the North Atlantic Council, NATO's Secretary General, Mr. Manlio Brosio, paid tribute to Ambassador Michel Melas, former Greek Permanent Representative to NATO, who died recently in Paris.
  • Konstantinos Karamanlis
    Christos Xanthopoulos-PalamasΧρήστος Ξανθόπουλος – Παλαμάς,
  • From 1954 to 1960 he was also permanent representative to the United Nations.
  • In 1964 and 1973 he served as Vice foreign minister of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.
  • Konstantinos Karamanlis
    Phaedon-Anninos CavalieratosΦαίδων Άννινος-Καβαλιεράτος
  • He studied Political Sciences at the University of Athens and followed a diplomatic career in Egypt and Turkey.
  • He was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister on January 26, 1967 to the Paraskevopoulos Government Service, a post he remained until April 1967.
  • from 12/12/1972 to 08/10/1973 he was Deputy Foreign Minister, during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.
  • In his last capacity he officially visited Bucharest.
  • He was married to Maria Kandunia"
  • Konstantinos Kollias
    Anghelos ChorafasΆγγελος Χωραφάς
  • 1959 he was Acting Consul-General of Greece in London
  • Georgios Papadopoulos
    Vyron TheodoropoulosΒύρων ΘεοδωρόπουλοςAdamantios Androutsopoulos
    Eustathios LagakosΕυστάθιος ΛαγάκοςKonstantinos Karamanlis
    Nikolas E. AthanasiouΝικόλας Ε. Αθανασίου
  • From 1958 to 1961 he served at the Consulate General in London.
  • From 1968 to 1970 he was Consul general in Munich during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974.
  • Konstantinos Karamanlis
    Georgios SekerisΓιώργος ΣέκερηςAndreas Papandreou
    Stylianos VassilicosΣτυλιανός ΒασίλειοςAndreas Papandreou
    Christos ZacharakisΧρήστος ΖαχαράκηςSeptember 21, 1989 Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C.Andreas Papandreou
    Ioannis Bourloyannis-TsangaridisΙωάννης Μπουρλογιάννης-ΤσαγγαρίδηςKonstantinos Mitsotakis
    Dimitri PetrounakosΔημήτρη ΠετρονακάκουKonstantinos Mitsotakis
    George V. SavvaidesΓιώργος Β. ΣαββαΐδηςAndreas Papandreou
    Vassilis KaskarelisΒασίλης ΚασκαρέληςCostas Simitis
    Yannis - Alexis ZeposΓιάννης - Αλέξης ΖέποςKostas Karamanlis
    Stamatopoulos Thrassyvoulos TerryΣταματοπουλος Θρασυβουλος TerryKostas Karamanlis
    Michael-Christos DiamessisΜιχαήλ-Χρήστος ΔιαμέσηςAntonis Samaras
    Spiros LampridisΣπυρος Λαμπριδης*From 2013 to 2016 he was Greek Ambassador to Israel.Alexis Tsipras