Ioannis Pediotis
Ambassador Ioannis Pediotis
Born: August 13th, 1960, in Athens, Greece.
Education: National School for Public Administration, 1989 – 1991.
Post Graduate studies, International Economic Law, Sorbonne X (Nanterre), Paris, France,
1985 – 1986.Scholarship “Leontios Ikonomidis”.
University of Athens Law School, 1978 – 1983.
Greek-French School “Lycee Leonin”, 1972 – 1978.
Military service: National Airforce, 1982 – 1984.
Career:
Lawyer in Athens, 1987 - 1989.
Attaché, Protocol Department, MFA, 1991.
Chargé d' affaires a.i. and Consul, Tehran, Iran, 1992 - 1994.
Consul, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1994 - 1997.
Consul General, Benghazi, Libya, 1997 - 1998.
Political Councellor, Tirana, Albania, 1998 – 1999.
Deputy Director, Diplomatic Office of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, MFA, 1999.
Consul General, Gjirokaster, Albania, 1999 - 2002.
Deputy Director, C4 Directorate for Justice, Home Affairs, Migration and Schengen, MFA, 2002 – 2003.
Consul General, Durban, South Africa, 2003 – 2007. (In 2005 opened the Office for Consular, Economic and Commercial Affairs in Bitola, fYRoM).
Deputy Director, A6 Directorate for Middle East and Gulf Countries, MFA, 2007 – 2008.
Chief of Staff and Section Chief of Environmental, Economic and Migration Policies, Permanent Mission at the OSCE, Vienna, Austria, 2008 – 2011 (OSCE 2009 Chairmanship of Greece - participation in “Troika”).
Consul General, Korce, Albania, 2011 – 2015.
Director, C4 Directorate for Justice, Home Affairs, Migration and Schengen, MFA, 2015 - 2017.
Assigned Ambassador of Greece in Brazil. Duties to be taken up late November 2017.
Languages: English, French, Spanish.
