{"id":56,"date":"2025-09-22T12:28:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T12:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/?post_type=cv&p=56"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:39:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:39:44","slug":"head-of-mission-la","status":"publish","type":"cv","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gr\/usa\/en\/cvs\/head-of-mission-la\/","title":{"rendered":"Christina Valassopoulou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 2023 \u2013 November 2023<\/em><\/td>Acting Head of D3 Directorate for the Council of Europe and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic. Also, Focal Point for the \u201cSummit for Democracy\u201d.<\/td><\/tr>
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September 2021 \u2013 December 2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/td>Deputy Head, D3 Directorate for the Council of Europe and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic.<\/td><\/tr>
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September 2020 \u2013 August 2021<\/em><\/td>		Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Greece in Ottawa<\/td><\/tr>
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November 2016 \u2013 September 2020<\/em><\/td>Migration\/Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Permanent Mission of Greece to the United Nations in Geneva.<\/td><\/tr>
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November 2014 \u2013 November 2016<\/em><\/td>EU-Turkey Relations Officer, Directorate for European Union External Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic<\/td><\/tr>
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September 2010 - October 2014<\/em><\/td>Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Greece in Nairobi. Deputy Permanent Representative at UNEP and UN-Habitat..<\/td><\/tr>
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July 2006 \u2013 August 2010<\/em><\/td>Africa, Caribbean, Pacific - EU External Relations,
Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union.
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Education<\/strong>

\u2022    Bachelor in Law, Athens National and Kapodistrian University, Greece.
\u2022    Master of Science in Social Sciences, Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

Decorations<\/strong>

Recipient of the \u201cGolden Lion of Alexandria\u201d medal awarded by His Holiness the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, Theodore II.

Languages
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Greek, English, French, Spanish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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