The Ambassador

Magdalini Nicolaou, Minister Plenipotentiary First Class

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1967, Kimi, Evia, Greece

Married, no children



EDUCATION

1985-1989       Law, 1st Class Honors (equivalent), University of Athens, Athens, Greece



CAREER

1992-1994    Legal Practice, Athens, Greece.

1994    Diplomatic Academy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA), Athens, Greece

1995-1996    Attaché, Cryptographic Service (Crypto), MFA, Athens, Greece

1996-1997    Attaché, Diplomatic Cabinet of the Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, MFA, Athens, Greece

1997    Promoted to 3rd Secretary of Embassy

1997-2000    3rd Secretary, Embassy of Greece in Cairo, Egypt

2000    Promoted to 2nd Secretary of Embassy

2002    Promoted  to 1st Secretary of Embassy

2000-2003    1st Secretary, Embassy of Greece in Helsinki, Finland

2003    1st Secretary, Personnel Department, MFA, Athens, GREECE

2003-2004    1st Secretary, Directorate of Common Foreign and Security Policy, MFA, Athens GREECE

2004-2006    1st Secretary, Directorate of Bilateral Economic Relations with Africa, former Eastern Europe, Asia and Latin America, MFA, Athens, GREECE

2006    Promoted to 2nd Counsellor of Embassy

2006-2009    2nd Councellor, Directorate of Arabic and Middle East countries, MFA, Athens, Grece

2009    Promoted to 1st Counsellor of Embassy

2009-2011    Consul General of Greece in Leipzig, Germany

2011-2015    1st Councellor, Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva, Switzerland

2014-2015    Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN and other International Organisations in Geneva-Switzerland.

2015-2016    1st Councellor, Directorate of Western European countries, MFA, Athens, GREECE

2016-2019    1st Councellor, Directorate of bilateral relations with Turkey, Head of Aeronautical Department, MFA, Athens, GREECE

2019    Promoted to 2nd Rank Minister Plenipotentiary

2019-2022    Consul General of Greece in Korce, Albania

2022-2024    Ambassador of Greece in Ireland

2023    Promoted to 1st Rank Minister Plenipotentiary

2024    MFA, Athens, Director,  Direction of Consular Affairs

2025    Ambassador of Greece in Thailand , parallel accreditation in Cambodia.

LANGUAGES

Greek (native), English, French, German



ΟRDERS AND MEDALS

• FINLAND: 2003, Orthodox Church of Finland, Order of the Holy Lamb, Knight 1st Class

• GREECE: 2024, Order of the Phoenix, Grand Commander