Greece in Bosnia and Herzegovina About the Embassy The Ambassador
The Ambassador
Ioanna EFTHYMIADOU
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Nov 2023 - present | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2022– Oct. 2023 | Director, A3 Directorate for Bilateral Relations with SE European Countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Athens |
2021-2022 | Director, Directorate for Reporting and Publicity, Recovery & Resilience Facility Coordination Agency, Ministry of Finance, Athens |
2018 -2021 | Director, B2 Directorate for Bilateral Economic Relations with SE European Countries, Russia, Belarus, the Caucasus, the Black Sea Countries & BSEC, MFA Athens |
2016 - 2018 | Deputy Director, A10 Directorate forBilateral Relations with China, South Korea, Mongolia & the DPRK, MFA Athens |
2011 – 2015 | Consul General of Greece in Chicago and the Midwest |
2008 – 2011 | Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Greece in Belgrade |
2006 – 2008 | Director, Office of the Secretary-General for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation, MFA Athens |
2005 – 2006 | Head of the Economic Affairs Directorate, Hellenic Aid, MFA Athens |
2004 – 2005 | A1 Directorate for Bilateral Relations with European Countries (Head of Section for new EU member states), MFA Athens |
2004 |
Office of the Coordinator for the Olympic Games (responsible for the briefing of the Foreign Correspondents), MFA Athens |
2003 – 2004 | Consul, Consulate General of Greece in Boston |
1999 – 2003 | Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Greece in Ljubljana |
1995-1999 | Secretary of Embassy, Embassy of Greece in Bonn |
1993- 1995 | Protocol Department (also responsible for the Greek EU Presidency, first semester 1994), MFA Athens |
1993 |
Diplomatic Office of the Prime Minister of Greece |
December 1992 | Appointed, Embassy Attaché |
Education
MA, TheFletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
DEA, Sorbonne University, Paris IV
Faculty of Philosophy, Athens University
Languages
Greek (native), fluent in English, French, Spanish, knowledge of German & Italian
Last Updated Friday, 24 November 2023