Michael-Christos Diamessis
Permanent Representative – Greece
2013 – 2016

Born in Athens, Greece, in 1957 | |
Married to Teresa Angelatou, two children | |
Education | |
Master’s Degree in Law and Political Sciences, University of Athens | |
Career | |
1984 |
Joined the Greek Foreign Service, |
1984-1987 |
Attaché, Bilateral Economic Relations with Europe and North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1987-1988 |
Third Secretary, Head of Section Middle East, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1988-1991 |
Consul of Greece in Bucharest, Romania |
1989 |
Second Secretary of Embassy |
1991-1993 |
Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to ICAO, Montreal, Canada |
1992 |
First Secretary of Embassy |
1993-1995 |
Head of Section South-East Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1995 |
Director of Information and Technology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1995-1999 |
Political Advisor to the Permanent Delegation of Greece to NATO, Brussels |
1996 |
Second Counselor of Embassy |
1998 |
First Counselor of Embassy |
1999-2003 |
Consul General of Greece in Johannesburg, South Africa |
2004-2006 |
Deputy Director of Human Resources, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2006 |
Minister Counselor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland |
2008 |
Minister Plenipotentiary |
2010-2012 |
Director of United Nations and other International Organizations and Conferences Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2012-2013 |
Director of Human Resources, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Languages
English, French (Romanian)