The Ambassador

Christos Capodistrias
Minister Plenipotentiary A'

Born:    Athens 15.03.1965
Acad.:    Business Administration, Athens Economic University

Family Status:    Married, three sons

1997    Joined Foreign Service. Diplomatic Academy, MFA
1998    Information Department. MFA (Attache' d' Ambassade)
1999    Diplomatic Cabinet of the Deputy Foreign Minister, MFA
1999 - 2002    Embassy of Greece in Tirana. Albania (3rd Secretary of Embassy)
2002 - 2005    Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU. Brussels (2nd Secretary of Embassy)
2006 - 2007    Embassy of Greece in Baghdad. Iraq (1st Secretary of Embassy. Charge' d' Affaires)
2007 - 2009    Embassy of Greece in Belgrade. Serbia (2nd Counsellor of Embassy)
2009 - 2011    Diplomatic Cabinet of the Foreign Minister. MFA (1st Counsellor of Embassy. Deputy Director)
2011 - 2015    Consul General of Greece in Alexandria. Egypt
2015 - 2019    Embassy of Greece in Nicosia. Republic of Cyprus (Deputy Mead of Mission)
2019 - 2021    Diplomatic Cabinet of the Alternate Foreign Minister. MFA (Deputy Director)
Sept. 2021    Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary (2nd class)
Nov. 2021     Director for European Integration. EU Economic and Monetary Policy, Internal Market and Other EU Policies. MFA
2022 - 2025    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Azerbaijan
Dec. 2024    Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary (1" class)
Nov. 2025    Ambassador Designate Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to the State of Qatar

Languages English, French. Italian (fluent), basic knowledge of Spanish, Arabic, Albanian