List of ambassadors of Greece to Russia explained

Post:Ambassador
Body:Greece to Russia
Native Name:Греческий посланник в России
Insignia:Coat of arms of Greece.svg
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Incumbent:Ekaterini Ksagorari
Inaugural:Michael Soutzos

The Greek Ambassador to Russia is the ambassador of the Greek government to the government of Russia.

Diplomatic accreditationAmbassadorGreek languageRussian languageObservationsList of prime ministers of GreeceList of prime ministers of RussiaTerm end
Michael SoutzosIoannis KolettisNicholas I of Russia
Constantino ZografosЗографос Константинос(* born in 1796, dies in 1856) Otto I of Greece was forced to trust in 1837 the highest political authority, Foreign Affairs, to a Greek, the then ambassador in Constantinople, Constantino Zografos. But he resigned in March 1840.[1] Antonios KriezisNicholas I of Russia
Ioannis SoutsosСутсос ИоаннисDimitrios VoulgarisAlexander II of Russia
Ioannis SoutsosСутсос ИоаннисAmbassadorAthanasios MiaoulisAlexander II of Russia
Andreas MetaxasAlexandros KoumoundourosAlexander II of Russia
Chargé d'affairesThrasyvoulos ZaimisAlexander II of Russia
Dimitrios BountourisБунтурис ДимитриосAlexandros KoumoundourosAlexander II of Russia
Dimitrios VoulgarisAlexander II of Russia
Spyridon MarkorasΣπυρίδων Μαρκοράς Маркорас СпиридонChargé d'affairesCharilaos TrikoupisAlexander II of Russia
Mavrokordatos NikolaosМаврокордатос Николаос
  • He was a son of Alexander Mavrokordatou and Harikleia Argyropoulou.
  • He studied laws in Athens and Paris.
  • In August 1858 he was appointed second secretary of the Greek embassy in Istanbul.
  • From 1866 to 1869 he was Prefect of Corfu.
  • He was then elected deputy with the TRIKOUPI party and served as Minister of Religious Education and public in the government Trikoupi 1878 and the government of 1880.
  • From 1882 to 1885 he was Greek Ambassador to France Paris.
  • From 1886 to 1889 he was Ambassador in Saint Petersburg.
  • From 1889 to 1902 he was Greek Ambassador to Turkey (Constantinople).
  • In 1895 he participated in the negotiations of the London agreement.
  • In 1897 he signed as Greece's representative peace treaty in Istanbul between Greece and Turkey. *In 1902 he resigned as re-elected deputy ambassador. In case of resignation of Alejandro Zaimis considered as predominant successor to the leadership of the TRIKOUPI party. There was also president of the association "for the dissemination of Greek letters" in the period 1871–1882.]]
Charilaos TrikoupisAlexander III of Russia
Dimitrios PanasΔημήτριος ΠάνωПанас ДимитриосChargé d'affaires, Charilaos TrikoupisAlexander III of Russia
Dimitrios PanasΔημήτριος ΠάνωПанас ДимитриосAmbassadorEleftherios VenizelosAlexander Trepov
Рангавис КлеонCharilaos TrikoupisAlexander III of Russia
Papparigopoulos MichaelПаппаригопулос Михаил Theodoros DiligiannisAlexander III of Russia
Levidis GeorgeΛεβίδης ΓεώργιοςЛевидис ГеоргиосChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KonstantopoulosAlexander III of Russia
Tobazis AlexanderΑλέξανδρος ΤομπάζηςТомпазис АлександросChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KonstantopoulosAlexander III of Russia
Ion Dragoumis
  • His grandfather Markos Dragoumis was a leader of the Greek Revolution.
  • Ion Dragoumis was one of the eleven children of Stephanos Dragoumis, who belonged to the exteriors, the Ministers of the Interior and Finance and 1910 many governments as prime minister. Dragoumis studied Laws at the University of Athens.

In 1897 he was volunteer in the Turkish-Greek war.

  • In 1899 he entered the diplomatic service.
  • He served as vice-consul in Monastir and consul in Serres, Plovdiv, Burgas and Alexandroupolis.
  • In 1907 he was transferred to the Embassy in Istanbul. During his stay in Alexandria he met the writer Penelope Delta, with whom a passionate love and correspondence years linked him to Dragoumis 1912, the actress Marika Kotopouli returned.
  • During the First Balkan War, he served as Minister of the Crown Prince and later King Constantine I in Thessaloniki.
  • In 1915 Dragoumis moved from the diplomatic service in politics. In the controversy between monarchists and republicans supporters of Eleftherios Venizelos, was one of the most decisive opponents of the latter. He put himself elected as a member of the Florina in the Greek Parliament. Due to disagreements with the king, who opposed the entry into the war, even after the occupation of a large part of East Macedonia by Bulgaria, shows Dragoumis 1917 had to go into exile in Corsica.
  • Once at Eleftherios Venizelos he was assassinated at the Gare de Lyon in Paris on August 12, 1920. Dragoumis was killed the next day by supporters of Venizelos.
Georgios TheotokisPiotr Stolypin
George ArgyropoulosΓεώργιος ΑργυρόπουλοςАргиропулос, ГеоргиосAlexandros ZaimisNicholas II of Russia
Nikolaos TheotokisТеотокис НиколаосChargé d'affaires, (* 1878, dies on November 15, 1922, in Goudi)
  • Politician and diplomat, Member of Parliament of Corfu.
  • He was brother of Ioannis Theotokis. He studied in Athens, Paris and Berlin.
  • 1910-1914: Chargé d'affaires in Berlin, from 1914 to 1917 he was Berlin.
  • In 1920 he was elected deputy of Corfu and became Minister of Justice and military.
  • After the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) he was sentenced to death and was shot in Goudi on November 15, 1922. In 2010, at the request of Michael Protopapadaki since 2008, the grandson of the former Prime Minister Pedro Protopapadaki, was definitely dismissed by the Supreme Court the prosecution of six (including, and Nicolás María) due to the limitation.
Kyriakoulis MavromichalisPiotr Stolypin
Pantelis PsychasΨύχας ΠαντελήςПсихас ПантелисChargé d'affaires Pantelis George Psycha (* 17 Mar 1874 in Marseille; † dies on October 9, 1924, in Paris)Stefanos DragoumisPiotr Stolypin
John DragoumisΔραγούμης ΙωάννηςДрагумис Иоаннис(1878-1920)Eleftherios VenizelosIván Goremykin
Dimitrios KaklamanosКакламанос Димитриос Chargé d'affaires, Dimitrios Kaklamanos (* born in Nauplia in 1867; † dies in 1949) was a diplomat, journalist and writer and corresponding member of the Athens Academy.
  • Kaklamanos was director of the police newspaper in 1892 and then editor of the New Asty 1901–1907.
  • In 1907 he was consul in Odessa.
  • From 1910 to 1912 he was secretary of the Greek embassy in Paris.
  • From 1912 to 1914 he was Chargé d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Italy.
  • From 1915 to 1916 he was in St. Petersburg, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1914-1915 and ambassador to Washington, St. Petersburg, Stockholm and London, and a Greek representative on the board of the League of Nations. On July 24, 1923, he signed with Eleftherios Venizelos, the Final Act of the Treaty of Lausanne (Lausanne Treaty / final Praxis). He received the award of the Order of Christ the Archangel
Eleftherios VenizelosIván Goremykin
Dimitrios KaklamanosКакламанос Димитриос AmbassadorEleftherios VenizelosKnyaz Nikolai Golitsyn
Alexios PallisΑλέξιος ΠάλληςПаллис АлексиосDimitrios GounarisKnyaz Nikolai Golitsyn
Michael TsamadosМайкл Тсамадас

Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C.

  • The Greek envoy leaves for Soviet Russia. For the first time since the revolution in November 1917, Greece and Russia are once again in friendly relations. Michael Tsamados, the Greek Minister in Washington, has been chosen as the prime minister of the Greek republic to Soviet Russia. Mr. Tsamados has already left the United States to take charge of his new position. The former Greek prime minister, the United States is recognized as one of the most capable men in the diplomatic service of the European republic. The factthat has been named to shows Soviet Russia made Greece Recognizes the importance and value of having friendly relations with the Soviet Republic. Mr. Tsamados has spent several years in Germany, Macedonia, the United States, and is a great grandson of one of the distinguished naval leaders in the Greek War of Independence. His father what the president of the Greek Boule in 1909.[3] [4]
Alexandros PapanastasiouVladimir Lenin
Mavroudes Nikolaos(* Born in 1873; † Died in 1942) was a Greek diplomat and activist in the Macedonian struggle. He was appointed first proconsul the Greek consulate in Kavala and supported parallel Greek propaganda in the region. Together with Metropolitano Crisóstomo, Teatro and Stilyanos Mavromichalis organize Greek propaganda in the regions of Drama and rules. From 1910 to 1911, the Greek consul in Bitola. 1930 ambassador in Rome. Acts as Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece in Panagis Tsaldaris. From 7 to March 10, 1933: Minister of Foreign Affairs, only to renounce all government, on this day.Alexandros PapanastasiouAlekséi Rýkov
Lagoudakis GeorgeΓεώργιος ΛαγουδάκηЛагудакис ГеоргиосTheodoros Pangalos (general)Alekséi Rýkov
Panouriás NákosΝάκος ΠανουριάПануриас НакосEleftherios VenizelosAlekséi Rýkov
Anisás NikólaosΝικόλαος ΑνισάАнисас НиколаосChargé d'affairesEleftherios VenizelosAlekséi Rýkov
Psarouda ConstantinoΚωνσταντίνος ΨαρούδαПсарудас Константинос
  • From he was Consul General in New York City.
  • From 1920 to 1922 he was Greek Ambassador to Italy.
  • From 1926 to 1927 he was Greek Ambassador to the Czech Republic
  • From to 1933 he was Ambassador in Moscow.[5] [6]
Eleftherios VenizelosViacheslav Molotov
Polychroniadis SpyridonΣπυρίδων ΠολυχρονιάδηПолихрониадис СпиридонPanagis TsaldarisViacheslav Molotov
Stephen JohnΙωάννης ΣτεφάνοСтефану ИоаннисChargé d'affairesGeorgios KondylisViacheslav Molotov
Jean PappasΙωάννης ΠαππάПаппас ИоаннисIoannis MetaxasViacheslav Molotov
Jean KindynisΙωάννης ΚινδύνηКиндинис Иоаннис(* ~ 1900) he has served in the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Hungary, the Soviet Union and Sweden.
  • 1938: Charge d'affaires in Stockholm.
  • 1949: extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary in Vienna.
  • autumn 1952: Manager of the Greek delegation to the 6th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
  • 1955: John Kindynis was appointed Greek Ambassador to Sweden in Stockholm and the other Scandinavian states in place of Dimitrios Georgios Argyropoulos who has been appointed Greek Ambassador to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in succession to Georgios Sambelis, who has been appointed Greek Ambassador to South Africa in Pretoria.
Ioannis MetaxasViacheslav Molotov
Nikolopoulos DimitriosΔημήτριος ΝικολόπουλοДимитриос Николопулос Ioannis MetaxasViacheslav Molotov
Spyridon MercadosΣπυρίδων ΜαρκέτηМаркетис СпиридонIoannis MetaxasViacheslav Molotov
Christophe DiamantopoulosΧρήστος ΔιαμαντόπουλοДиамантопулос ХристосIoannis MetaxasViacheslav Molotov
Panagiotis PipinelisΠαναγιώτης ΠιπινέληПипинелис ПанагиотисGeorgios TsolakoglouJoseph Stalin
Constantino SourlasΚωνσταντίνος ΣούρλαСурлас КонстантиносChargé d'affairesKonstantinos LogothetopoulosJoseph Stalin
Athanase George PolitisΑθανάσιος ΠολίτηПолитис АфанасиосIoannis RallisJoseph Stalin
Basilio NeophytosΒασίλειος ΝεόφυτοНеофитос ВасилиосDimitrios MaximosJoseph Stalin
Alexander SgourdaiosΑλέξανδρος ΣγουρδαίοСгурдЭос АлександросChargé d'affairesThemistoklis SofoulisJoseph Stalin
Alexander SgourdaiosΑλέξανδρος ΣγουρδαίοСГУРДЭОС АлександросAmbassadorGeorgios PapandreouAlexei Kosygin
Thomas YpsilantiΘωμάς ΥψηλάντηИпсилантис ФомасChargé d'affairesNikolaos PlastirasJoseph Stalin
Kountoumas AlexanderΑλέξανδρος ΚουντουμάКунтумас АлександросAlexandros PapagosGeorgi Malenkov
Cheimarios ConstantinoΚωνσταντίνος ΧειμαριόХимариос КонстантиносChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KaramanlisNikolai Bulganin
Dimitrios PappasΔημήτριος ΠαππάПаппас ДимитриосKonstantinos KaramanlisNikolai Bulganin
Kapsampeli GeorgeΓεώργιος ΚαψαμπέληКапсампелис ГеоргиосChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KaramanlisNikita Khrushchev
George ChristopoulosΓεώργιος ΧριστόπουλοХристопулос ГеоргиосKonstantinos KaramanlisNikita Khrushchev
Tzounis JohnΙωάννης ΤζούνηТзунис ИоаннисChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KaramanlisNikita Khrushchev
Varsamis GeorgeΓεώργιος ΒαρσάμηВарсамис ГеоргиосGeorgios PapandreouAlexei Kosygin
Constantin TsamadosΚωνσταντίνος ΤσαμαδόТсамадос КонстантиносChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KolliasAlexei Kosygin
Angelos VlachosΆγγελος ΒλάχοВлахос АнгелосGeorgios PapadopoulosAlexei Kosygin
Alexander DimitropoulosΑλέξανδρος ΔημητρόπουλοДимитропулос АлександросGeorgios PapadopoulosAlexei Kosygin
Kalogeras PedroΠέτρος ΚαλογεράКалогерас ПетросKonstantinos KaramanlisAlexei Kosygin
Botsaris Timoleón-NotisΤιμολέων-Νότης ΜπότσαρηМпотсарис Тимолеон-НотисChargé d'affairesKonstantinos KaramanlisAlexei Kosygin
Metaxás AndréasΑνδρέας ΜεταξάМетаксас, АндреасKonstantinos KaramanlisAlexei Kosygin
Ioannis GrigoriadisΙωάννης ΓρηγοριάδηГригориадис ИоаннисAndreas PapandreouNikolai Tíjonov
Dountas MichaelΜιχαήλ ΔούνταДунтас МихаилAndreas PapandreouMikhail Gorbachev
Sandis AristidesΑριστείδης ΣάνδηСандис АристидисChargé d'affairesAndreas PapandreouMikhail Gorbachev
Elias GounarisΗλίας ΓούναρηГунарис ИлиасTzannis TzannetakisMikhail Gorbachev
Lymperopoylos ConstantinoΚωνσταντίνος ΛυμπερόπουλοЛиберопулос КонстантиносAndreas PapandreouVíktor Chernomyrdin
Rodousakis KyriakosΚυριάκος ΡοδουσάκηРодусакис КириакосAndreas PapandreouVíktor Chernomyrdin
Dimitrios KypreosΔημήτριος ΚυπραίοКипреос ДимитриосCostas SimitisVíktor Chernomyrdin
Dimitrios ParaskevopoulosΔημήτριος ΠαρασκευόπουλοПараскевопулос ДимитриосCostas SimitisMikhail Kasyanov
Elias KlisΗλίας ΚλήКлис Илиас(*1946 in Athens) He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens. Since 1973 - the diplomatic service in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, he worked in the rank of consul or ambassador of Greece in different countries. In addition, as the EU coordinator, dealing with issues of terrorism, immigration and free movement of citizens. Represented Greece in negotiations on accession to the Schengen Agreement. He speaks English, French and Romanian. Married, wife - Ersi Klis. It has the following awards: Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece); Grand Commander of the Order "For Merit" (France); Grand Commander of the Royal Order "For Merit" (Norway).[7] Kostas KaramanlisMikhail Fradkov
Michael SpinellisΜιχαήλ Σπινέλλης Mikhail Spinellis (* in Athens).
  • He is married and he has a daughter.
  • In 1975 he graduated from the Faculty of Laws and Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
  • From 1976 to 1977 he served in the army.
  • In 1979 he entered the diplomatic service.
  • 1987: was Secretary of Embassy, Permanent Mission, Geneva.
  • From until was Chargé d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Serbia (Belgrade).
  • 1996: Counselor at the Embassy in London.
  • From until was Greek Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade.
  • From 2008 to 2013 he was ambassador in Moscow and was simultaneously accredited in Tajikistan.
Kostas KaramanlisVladimir Putin
Danae Magdalini KoumanakouΔανάη-Μαγδαληνή Κουμανάκου Danae Magdalini Koumanakou (* 1954 in Athenes) Antonis SamarasDmitri Medvedev
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Notes and References

  1. http://clio.rediris.es/n32/grecia/grecia1.htm Constantino Zografos
  2. http://www.bursedoctorale.ro/public/documente/articole/1331900136_Articol_rev_Ulinici_SD_Istorie_Noiembrie2011.pdf Michael Paparrigopoulos
  3. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1919-10-19/ed-1/seq-13/ocr.txt Michael Tsamados
  4. Web site: The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, October 19, 1919, FINAL EDITION, Image 13. 19 October 1919. 13.
  5. On August 14, 1930, the new Greek ambassador to Moscow, Konstantinos Psarouda, gave his credentials to the President of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, Mikhail Kalinin, Στίς 14 Αυγούστου 1930 ό νέος "Ελλην πρεσβευτής στήν Μόσχα, Κωνσταντίνος Ψαρούδας έπέδωσε τά διαπιστευτήριά του στόν Πρόεδρο τής Κεντρικής Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής τής ΕΣΣΔ Μ.Ι. Καλίνιν. see: Andrew L. Zapantis, Hēllēno-Sovietikes scheseis, 1917-1941, Vivliopōleio tēs "Hestias", 1989 - 562 pp.p. 229
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=c-cbAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Constantine+Psaroudas+presented+his+credentials+to+the+President%22 english
  7. http://www.greek.ru/all/greecetoday/emb_old.php Elias Klis
  8. https://www.mfa.gr/russia/ru/the-embassy/history/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece), History of the embassy, История
  9. https://www.mfa.gr/russia/presveia/history/ Ιστορία