CURRICULUM VITAE

ALEXIOS G. CHRISTOPOULOS

1947                      Born in Athens, Greece (February 6, 1947)

                                Son of Georgios N. Christopoulos and Anna F. Lambrinos

Studies:                Economics, Political Science

                                Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Foreign Service:

1977                      Entry to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Attache of Embassy

1977-79                Head of Section (Administrative and Mercantile Marine Affairs)

                                Department of Consular Affairs, MFA, Athens

1979                      Promoted Third Secretary of Embassy

1979-83                Consul, Consulate General of Greece, Frankfurt/

                                M.F.R. of Germany

1983-88                First Secretary, Political Affairs and Economic Counsellor

                                Embassy of Greece in Belgrade, S.F.R. of Yugoslavia

1983                      Promoted Second Secretary of Embassy

1985                      Promoted First Secretary of Embassy

1988-92                Consul General of Greece, Hamburg, F.R. of Germany

1989                       Promoted Second Counsellor of Embassy

1991                      Promoted First Counsellor of Embassy

1993                      Head of Section, Department of Multilateral Cooperation and Development, MFA, Athens, Greece

                                Coordinator General of NAC and NACC, NATO, First Back to Back Summit, Athens, Greece

1993-96                Alternate Director and Deputy Head, Department of Middle East, North Africa, the Gulf and Middle East

                                Peace Process, MFA, Athens

                                Planning and coordination of national policy on the

                                Mediterranean Sea, MFA, Athens (Mediterranean Forum, EU Mediterranean Cooperation Initiatives, NATO Mediterranean Dialogue)

                                Coordinator, Conferences on Water Resources Management, Middle East Peace Process, MultilateralTrack, MFA, Athens

1997                      Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary

                                Ad hoc Coordinator, Cooperation of the Countries of

                                Southeastern Europe, MFA, Athens

                                Coordinator General, First Summit of Ministers for FA of the Countries of SE Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece

1997-02                Assigned to the Embassy of Greece, Washington DC, USA as Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Chief of Mission and concurrently

-                 Minister Plenipotentiary – DCM of the Embassy of

-                 Greece to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (non resident)

-                 Minister Plenipotentiary and Deputy Representative of Greece to the Organisation of American States, Washington DC, USA

2002-06                Ambassador of Greece to the Republic of Indonesia (resident)

                                and concurrently accredited as non-resident Ambassador to

-                 The Secretary General of the UN for UNTAET

-                 Malaysia

-                 The Republic of the Philippines

-                 Brunei Darussalam

-                 The Democratic Republic of Timor Leste

2006                      Assigned as Director General for International Relations

                                Office of the Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Athens, Greece

2007                      Director of the A10 Political Affairs Department for Asia and Oceania, MFA, Athens Greece

2009                      Ambassador of Greece to Australia

                                Ambassador of Greece to Papua New Guinea (non resident)

                                Ambassador-Designate of Greece to the Solomon Islands

Bilateral – Multilateral Committees and Negotiations

                                Head and Member to many Delegations of the Hellenic Republic to OECD, UNCTAD, CCIR/ITU, NATO, AXIOS-VARDAR-DOIRAN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, CARICOM, CO-CHAIRMAN TOKYO INITIATIVE FOR PEACE IN ACEH (EU-USA-JAPAN), RESETTLEMENT OF THE REFUGEES ON THE MOLUCCAS, ARF, ASEM, etc.

Decorations:

                                Grand Commander, Order of the Phoenix, Hellenic Republic

Military Service:

                                Officer, Infantry, Hellenic Army

Foreign Languages:

                                English, French, German, Serbo-Croatian and Italian

Civil Status:

                                Married to Tenia Sakellaridou-Christopoulos, two daughters