NEWS FROM THE ARAB WORLD
Mr. Konstantopoulos presenting his credentials to Acting Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs, Mr. Mashari bin Ali bin Naheet
Congratulations, Mr. Ambassador!
On October 20, 2020, we received at our premises H.E. Alexis Konstantopoulos, the newly-assigned Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen. During our discussion related to the Greek-Saudi relations, we touched apon a variety of issues, and means and ways that the Chamber and the Embassy can cooperate and contribute to enhancing these relations in various sectors. His Excellency will be residing in Riyadh and will act as well as non-resident Ambassador in Oman and Yemen. Ambassador Konstantopoulos has a long diplomatic career at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the European Union which started in 1995. He quickly moved through the ranks to various posts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, such as, the Head of the Diplomatic Cabinet of the Greek Minister of Culture and the Head of Diplomatic Cabinet of the Greek Minister of Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea and Island Policy in Athens. Further, he served as Deputy Head of Mission to the EU Delegation to Algeria and back in 2013, he was assigned to the Maghreb division (Morocco and Western Sahara) of the European External Action Service at the EEAS headquarters in Brussels. From 2016 to 2020, he served as Deputy Head of Mission at the European Union Delegation to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman while being resident in Riyadh. H.E. Mr. Alexis Konstantopoulos has impressive educational qualifications with Master’s degree in Finance, Banking and Insurance from the University of Paris IX-Dauphine and Master’s degree in Political Science and Geopolitics (2001) from Sorbonne University in France. He is married to Mrs. Sarah-Jane Agier, with whom he has three children. We seize this opportunity to wish His Excellency the best in his new assignment as Ambassador of Greece to the three countries and would like to assure him of our unwavering support in his endeavours to boost these relations in every business domain. Congratulations, Mr. Ambassador!
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