The Ambassador

CURRICULUM VITAE

Despina POULOU, daughter of Dimitrios

born 15.06.1970 in Athens, Greece
Studies:    Law, Faculty of Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Career
1997 Attaché of Embassy /Diplomatic Cabinet of the Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs

1998 Directorate for Greek-Turkish Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1999 Promoted to Third Secretary of Embassy

1999-2002 Consul at the Consulate General of Greece in New York

2002 Promoted to Second Secretary of Embassy

2002-2003 Personnel Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2003-2006 Embassy of Greece in Tirana

2004 Promoted to First Secretary of Embassy

2006-2009 Embassy of Greece in Tokyo

2007 Promoted to Second Counsellor of Embassy

2009-2011 Directorate for External European Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2010 Promoted to First Counsellor of Embassy

2011-2016 Embassy of Greece in Berlin

2016-2019 Appointed Minister-Counsellor at the Embassy of Greece in Moscow

2019 General Inspectorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2019-2023 Embassy of Greece in Sweden

2020 Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary 2nd Class

2023-2025 Director of the Directorate for South East Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2024 Promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary 1st Class


Foreign Languages:    English, French, Spanish
Marital Status:    Married, one daughter