NEW YORK, NY – Revekka Papadopoulou [GreekNewsUSA]
The new Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Evangelos C. Sekeris, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on December 21.
During the meeting, Ambassador Sekeris reiterated commitment to multilateralism & the significance of UN engagement, according to a post by the Greek Mission to the United Nations on Twitter.
Prior to his appointment, Ambassador Sekeris was the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Hellenic Republic to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels from March 2019 to December 2022.
He was Director of the A5 Directorate for the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Caucasus, Black Sea and Central Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Athens from September 2018 to February 2019, having previously served as Consul-General in Istanbul, Turkey, from April 2015 to August 2018.
He served as Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2015, Political Counselor at Greece’s Permanent Representation to the European Union in Brussels from 2007 to 2011, Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Deputy Minister for European Affairs of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Athens from 2005 to 2007 and Consul in Izmir, Turkey, from 2002 to 2005.
He obtained a bachelor’s degree from the National University of Athens’ School of Political Sciences and International Relations in 1995.
Born in Marburg, Germany, on 8 August 1967, he is married and has three children.