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H.E. Ms. Lina Skerstonaite

EDUCATION:

1992-1996                          Vilnius University, BA in International economics

1996-1998                          Vilnius University, MBA in International business management

LANGUAGES:                 Lithuanian, English, Spanish, Russian

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1996-2000: 3rd secretary, 2nd secretary Regional economical analysis division, Department of Economy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2000-2003: Consul, Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuanian in Chicago, USA

2003-2007: 1st secretary, General economic affairs division, Economic analysis & export promotion department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2007-2008: Head of the general economic affairs division, Export and investment promotion department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2008 – 2009: Counsellor, Chargé d’affaires ad interim, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Argentine Republic

2009-2011: Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Argentine Republic

2011- 2014: Head of Asia, Pacific and Latin America division, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Pacific department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2014 -2015: Counsellor, Chargé d’affaires ad interim, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Spain

2015 – 2018: Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Spain

2018 -2019: Head of common foreign and security policy division, European Union department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2020: Deputy Director, Eastern neighbourhood policy department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

2022: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Hellenic Republic

2022: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Albania

2022: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Cyprus

 

H.E. Ms. Lidija Boshkovska

WORK EXPERIENCE

1 MAY 2021 – CURRENT

Ambassador of the Republic of North Macedonia in Greece

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

 

1 MAR 2020 – 30 APR 2021

Special Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

 

1 DEC 2018 – 28 FEB 2020

Chargé d’ Affaires at the Embassy of North Macedonia in Greece

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Athens, Greece

 

1 SEP 2016 – 30 NOV 2018

Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in Greece

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Athens, Greece

 

13 JUN 2013 – 31 AUG 2016

Assistant Director at the Sector for Professional Development and Cooperation at the Directorate of the Diplomatic Academy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Skopje, North Macedonia

 

2 SEP 2010 – 12 JUN 2013

Head of Sector for Diplomatic Education and Cooperation at the Directorate of the Diplomatic Academy

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Skopje, North Macedonia

 

1 JAN 2010 – 1 SEP 2010

Head of Sector for Bilateral Relations with the Neighboring Countries – Directorate for SEE and RI

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Skopje, North Macedonia

 

1 AUG 2009 – 31 DEC 2009

Head of Sector for Bilateral Relations with the Countries from SEE – Directorate for Bilateral Relations with European Countries

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Skopje, North Macedonia

 

1 AUG 2006 – 31 JUL 2008

Minister-Counsellor at the Liaison Office of the Republic of North Macedonia in Greece

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Athens, Greece

 

18 OCT 2004 – 31 JUL 2006

Consul-Counsellor at the Liaison Office for Consular, Economic and Trade Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia in Greece

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Thessaloniki, Greece

 

1 AUG 2001 – 1 OCT 2004

Deputy Head of Sector at the Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Skopje, North Macedonia

 

1 AUG 1999 – 1 AUG 2001

First Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in Germany

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Berlin, Germany

 

9 JUL 1997 – 31 JUL 1999

Second Secretary at the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia in Germany

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia

Bonn, Germany

 

1994 – 1997

Independent professional employee associate at the Sector for Western Europe

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of North Macedonia Bilateral Relations with Germany, Switzerland, Austria, United Kingdom Skopje, North Macedonia

 

1989 – 1994 – Skopje, North Macedonia

Assistant Prosecutor Prosecutor’s Office Skopje, North Macedonia

 

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

JUN 1994 – DEC 1994 – Berlin, Germany

Course for international Diplomats

Diplomatic Course of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany

 

1985 – Skopje, North Macedonia

Judicial Law Degree

Faculty of Law, University “Sts. Cyrill and Methodius”

LANGUAGE SKILLS

MOTHER TONGUE(S): Macedonian

OTHER LANGUAGE(S): English, German, Greek, Italian

Ms. Christina Papaconstantinou

Christina Papaconstantinou is Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece. Before her appointment in 2021, Ms Papaconstantinou was the Chair of the Board of Directors of PQH Single Special Liquidation S.A. From 2012 to 2014, she served as Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance and as Secretary General of Fiscal Policy at the General Accounting Office of the Hellenic Republic. In that capacity, she participated in the negotiations in the context of the economic adjustment programmes for Greece. She has represented Greece in various international fora and she was a member of the Greek teams that negotiated the 2012 PSI, monitored the EFSF loan agreement and coordinated the implementation of the economic adjustment programmes for Greece. She has also worked as an external consultant on matters of state aid, fiscal management, EU company and competition law and as expert in IMF missions. She is a graduate from the Law School of the University of Athens and holds a master’s degree (LLM) in European Community Law from the University of London.

Mr. Erik Holmgren

Erik Holmgren is the Economic Counselor at U.S. Embassy in Athens.  Erik serves as the Ambassador’s principal advisor on economic issues and manages a team of seven U.S. staff and two locally employed staff.  Prior to arriving in Greece in July 2021, Erik served as the Energy, Environment, Science, and Technology Counselor in Mexico City.

Erik has served as Deputy Political Counselor in Moscow, Political and Economic Chief in Podgorica, as NATO Desk officer in the State Department as well as in Kyiv and Lima.

Erik has a J.D. from George Washington University and a B.S./B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in civil engineering.  Erik is originally from Madison Wisconsin; he is married and father of three children.

H.E. Mr. Sergii Shutenko

Diplomat Career

1995-1999 Attaché, Third Secretary, Arms Control and Disarmament Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;

2000-2004 Second, First Secretary, Mission of Ukraine to NATO;

2004-2005 Deputy Director, Director General, Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine;

2005-2006 Deputy Director, Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department, MFA of Ukraine;

2006-2010 Consul General of Ukraine in Thessaloniki, Greece;

2010-2014 Deputy Director, Director General of the Human Resources Department, MFA of Ukraine;

2014-2015 Ambassador at large, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Division, International Security Department, MFA of Ukraine.

2015-2018 Director-General, International Security Department, MFA of Ukraine;

2018 – present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Hellenic Republic.

Education

Kyiv Engineering and Construction Institute (graduated in 1993);

Young Diplomats School, MFA of Germany (1996);

US Naval Postgraduate School (Monterrey, CA) (1999), Master of Art, International Management and Planning.

 

Dr. Yannis Maniatis

Dr. Eng. Yannis Maniatis is Professor at the University of Piraeus, Department of Digital Systems. He is a Rural and Surveying Engineer (National Technical University of Athens).

Visiting Professor at the Institute of Economic Geography, University of Bonn.

Director of the MSc “Climate Crisis and Information and Communication Technologies”

Director of the “Environmental and Energy Policies and Systems” Laboratory.

Political and Social

– Dr. Maniatis was elected as a Member of the Greek Parliament during the 5 elections of the period 2004 – 2019.  He was appointed:

– Minister and Deputy Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2009 – 2015)

– Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport and Communications (1998 – 2001)

Academic

His main academic fields include:

  1. Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.) and Remote Sensing,
  2. Energy and Transportation Policies and Systems,
  3. Environmental Management and Climate Change
  4. Natural Resources and Sustainable Development
  5. EU Structural Policies and Land Uses
  6. Innovation Management and Digital Entrepreneurship
  7. Systems and Policies of Smart Energy, Digital Agriculture, Smart Cities

Dr. Maniatis has participated with more than two hundred (200) scientific papers and lectures in international congresses and scientific magazines.

Publications

 

  1. Maniatis, Y. (2020). “Green Development: the Answer to Climate Crisis”, diaNEOsis Eds, Athens
  2. Maniatis, Υ. (2016). “Structural Reforms and Progressive Patriotism”, Papazisis Eds, Athens.
  3. Maniatis, Υ. (2012). “Energy and Natural Resources: National Pillars for Development”, Livanis Eds, Athens.
  4. Maniatis, Υ. (2009). “The Challenge of Green Development”, Livanis Eds, Athens.
  5. Maniatis, Υ. (1993). “Geographic Information Systems and Environmental Monitoring”, Ziti Eds, Thessaloniki.

Mr. Thanos Dokos

Thanos Dokos received his Ph.D. in International Relations from Cambridge University and has held research posts at the Hessische Stiftung Friedens und Konfliktforschung (1989-90) and the Center for Science and International Affairs (CSIA) at Harvard University (1990-91). He served as the Director for Research, Strategic Studies Division, Hellenic Ministry of National Defence (1996-98) and as an Advisor on NATO issues to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-1999). He was a NATO research fellow for 1996-98. He was the Director of Research (1999-2006) and then the Director-General of the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) [2006-2019]. He has taught at the Universities of Athens and Piraeus, the Hellenic National Defence College, the Diplomatic Academy and the Hellenic National Security Academy. In November 2019, he was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece and in October 2020 National Security Advisor.

Professor Spyridon Flogaitis

He is Professor of Administrative Law at the Law School of the University of Athens, Attorney at Law at the High Court and the Council of State of Greece, former President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal and former Caretaker Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs (2015) and Former Caretaker Minister of Interior, Greece (in 2007and 2009). He is also an Honorary Fellow at Wolfson College of the University of Cambridge and Doctor Honoris Causa at the NSPSPA in Bucharest, Romania, the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in Portugal, at the Titu Majorescu Univeristy in Bucharest, Romania, the State University of Mariupol in Ukraine, and the USPEE in Chisinau, Moldavia. He is Vice-President at the Appeals Board of the European Space Agency, Member of the Appeals Board of  EUMETSAT, Member of the Appeals Board of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. He is Judge at the Administrative Tribunal of EBRD and holds the Chair of the Joint of the Appeals Board at IFAD in the UN. He is former Vice-President of the Organization of Intellectual Property, former Judge at the Supreme Court of Greece, former Arthur Goodhart Professor at the Faculty of Law, Cambridge University, former Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Law in Cambridge University.

He was born in Lefkas (Greece) and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Athens with a degree in Law. He holds a PhD in Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas and a PhD in History from the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and a degree (Diplôme) of the École Pratique des Hautes Etudes-IVème Section, Histoire et Philologie.

He speaks fluently English, French, German, Italian and Greek and is the author of many publications in the area of public law.

He was awarded with the distinction of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of the French Republic, the distinction of Cavaliere dell’Ordine di Merito of the Italian Republic, the La Croix d’Officier de l’Ordre du Merite de Hongrie and  was honored as Grande-Oficial da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique from the Portuguese Republic

Mr. Lambros Kalarrytis

Studied Business Administration (Management- Organizational Behavior and Marketing-Marketing Management) (Bachelor), International Relations (Post Graduate Diploma) and Public Administration (MPA)

Working for more than two decades as a Political and Diplomatic Editor/Analyst in Newspapers, TV Stations, Radio Stations, Magazines and News Websites, as Broadcaster. Served as Managing Editor in Political – Diplomatic Magazines & Radio Stations and as Editor in Chief in Radio, Magazines, Newspapers.

The last 7 years hosts as Radio Broadcaster a daily two hours radio program in Parapolitika 90,1 Radio Station, (diplomacy, politics, security issues, economy, international relations), also editor in the newspaper Parapolitika for strategic and security issues

Participating in TV programs as commentator/analyst for political, diplomatic, defense and economic issues. Has covered political/diplomatic/economic summits, meetings and events (EU, NATO, UN) and participated in media missions and assignments in Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East and the US.

Appointed Deputy Mayor (elected municipal councilor) in Zografou City, Athens, for Public and International Relations, and Citizens’ Service.

Mr. Anthony D. Papayannides

Has read Law in Athens University. Post-graduate studies in Law, Economics and International Relations and in Medieval History in Strasbourg and Cambridge.  DEA European Law, DIHEE European Economy. Practiced business law and EU law. Consultant on E.U. topics to the Athens Daily Newspaper Publishers’ Association.

Member, then national representative, of the negotiating team for the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes. Counsellor to the Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Counsellor to the Minister for Culture, Chairman of the Committee of Cultural Affairs at the E.U. Council. Consultant to the Bank of Greece. Founding member and member of the Board of a number of European affairs institutes and reviews in Greece (EKEME, EKEM, EEK)

From 1972 onwards a journalist and then a columnist at the Greek political daily “TO VIMA” and at the economic and financial weekly  “ECONOMICOS TACHYDROMOS”, specialising in macro-economic policy European affairs and foreign relations. Has also worked at “ELEFTHEROTYPIA” and “IMERISSIA” newspapers, managing editor of “ELEFHEROS TYPOS”.

Writes a bi-weekly column at “NAFTEMPORIKI”. Presently managing director of ECONOMIA Publishing. Participates to the talk show “Evening Report” at ACTION 24 Channel.