Panagiotis Kontoleon: The EYP commander also resigned after Dimitriadis

In a statement made public by the Maximos Palace it is stated:

“The commander of the National Intelligence Service, Panagiotis Kontoleon, submitted his resignation to the prime minister, following wrong actions found in the process of legal connections. The resignation was accepted.

The current General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ambassador, is taking over as the new commander of the EYP Themistocles Demiris.

Mr. Demiris will inform the Committee on Institutions and Transparency after the resumption of the work of the Parliament”.

Second resignation after Dimitriadis

Earlier, the Maximos Palace announced that the general secretary of the prime minister had submitted his resignation, Grigoris Dimitriadis.

The first information indicates that the resignation the prime minister’s close associate, Grigori Dimitriadisdue to the climate of toxicity that has developed around his person and the targeting of him by a portion of the media.

Government officialsspeaking to CNN Greece, insisted that Mr. Dimitriadis’ resignation was in no way related to the unfollow malware case Predatorwith which neither he nor the government has anything to do, as has been categorically stated.

THE Grigoris Dimitriadis42 years old, is a lawyer educated in Great Britain.

He maintains a law firm in Kolonaki specializing in corporate and commercial law.

He is the prime minister’s nephew, the son of his sister Katerina Mitsotakis, and has been by his side since 2004.

For six years he has carried a very heavy burden and has received very harsh attacks from many sides. These positions are known to be “electric chairs” for this and stays in them tend not to last long. For example in the USA it is 1.5 years on average.

THE Mr. Dimitriadis, he was close to Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Ministry of Administrative Reform as a special advisor.

He was also by his side in the attempt to claim the leadership of the ND and was one of the executives who actually had the responsibility of Mr. Mitsotakis’ office.

Who is the new commander of the EYP Themistoklis Demiris?

The secretary general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and new commander of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Themistoklis Demiris, was born in 1952 in Athens.

He studied Political Science at Panteion University (1971-1975) and did a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Politics at the Institute of Mediterranean and Arab Studies (1976-1977).

In the period 1978-1981, he worked as a journalist (external collaborator) in the review “Political Issues” and as an editorial director in the magazines “Computer Age”, “Plant”, “Equip”, “Agrotiki Periosia”.

In 1981 he entered the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was sworn in as a Diplomatic Attache in 1982.

Until 1984, he worked as a Follower and Secretary III in the Cryptographic Service and the Middle East and Africa Directorate.

In 1985 he was assigned to the Greek Embassy in Baghdad.

In 1989 he was transferred to the Permanent Delegation of Greece to UNESCO. In 1992 he returned to the Central Service, being assigned to the Turkey-Cyprus Directorate, taking over, in 1994, as head of the Cyprus department.

From 1996 he served at the Greek Embassy in Nicosia, as Counselor A’ and Deputy Head of Authority / Chargé d’Affaires.

In 2001 he was transferred to the Permanent Representation of Greece in the EU. assuming, successively, the duties of representative in the Western Balkans Group and the direction of the External Relations department of the Delegation.

He returned to the Central Service in 2006, taking over as director of the Directorate of European External Relations and being promoted in 2007 to Minister Plenipotentiary B.

In September 2008 he was assigned to Brussels as Permanent Representative to the Western European Union and Ambassador to the EU. with the duties of Representative of Greece in the Political and Security Committee.

In 2013 he was appointed as Ambassador of Greece to Italy and San Marino and as Permanent Representative to the World Food Organization (FAO) and the other International Organizations based in Rome.

In 2014 he was promoted to Minister Plenipotentiary A΄.

In May 2017 he returned to Athens and assumed the position of Director in the Directorate of International Financial Organizations until 1.1.2018.

He has been decorated by the presidents of Egypt, Cyprus, Italy and Greece.

He speaks and writes Greek, English, French and Italian.

He has been married since 1985 to Martha Papanikolaou with whom they have two sons.