Dimitris Avramopoulos


Dimitris Avramopoulos is a Greek politician of the conservative New Democracy party, and former career diplomat. He has served in various highlevel cabinet posts, including Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for National Defence, and was Mayor of Athens in 19952002. SinceNovember 2014 he is serving as EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship in the Juncker Commission.

Avramopoulos was born at Athens in 1953, into a family which had originally come from Ilia and Arcadia. As a Pilot Officer in the Hellenic Air Force, he served his military service from 1978 to 1980 in Larissa and then at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.

Source: Wikipedia


RELATED SEARCHES